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Chocolate Hazelnut Brandy Torte With Biscotti

Servings: 6
Ingredients:

11 oz semisweet baking chocolate
1/2 lb butter, room temp
2    eggs
1/3 c  sugar
3 tb brandy
7 oz peak freen sweet-meal
-biscuits, coa
1/2 c  whole toasted hazelnuts

In top of double boiler melt chocolate and butter together. In largebowl,with electric mixer, beat eggs and sugar at high speed until lemoncolored.Add the chocolate/butter mixture and beat at medium speed until thebutter is completely mixed in. Add the brandy and mix throughly. Pour themixture over the biscuits.
Mix well. [...]

Cappuccino Biscotti

Servings: 36
Ingredients:

2 c  flour; unbleached, all purp
1 c  sugar
1/2 ts baking soda
1/2 ts baking powder salt
1/2 ts cinnamon
1/2 ts cloves, ground
1/4 c  espresso; strong
-brewed,coldand
1 tb espresso; strong brewed,
-cold
1 tb milk; and
1 ts milk
1    egg yolk, large
1 ts vanilla
3/4 c  hazelnuts; toasted, skinned*
- chopped
1/2 c  chocolate chips, semisweet

*To toast and skin hazelnuts, put in one layer in preheated 350F oven for 10to 15 minutes or until they are colored lightly and skins blistered. Wrapthe nuts in a kitchen towel and let them steam for 1 minute. Rub the nutsin the towel to remove as much skin as possible and let [...]

Biscotti Napoletani

Servings: 60
Ingredients:

2 c  all-purpose flour
3/4 c  sugar
3/4 c  almonds, whole, unblanched
-finely g
1/2 ts bicarbonate of ammonia; -or-
-  baking powder _and_
1/2 ts cinnamon
3/4 c  almonds, whole, unblanched
1/3 c  honey
1/3 c  water

Be careful with the first baking of these biscotti. Even though they arebaked a second time after being cut, if they do not bake sufficiently thefirst time, the biscotti will have a hard, heavy core.
PREHEAT OVEN TO 350F. Combine all ingredients except honey and water in amixing bowl and stir a minute or [...]

Biscotti Di Prato ( Tuscan Almond Biscotti)

Servings: 1
Ingredients:

3 3/4 c  flour; all purpose,
-unbleached
2 c  sugar
1 ts baking powder salt
4    eggs; large, whole
1 ts vanilla
1/2 ts almond extract
1 2/3 c  almonds, whole, blanched
-toasted li
———————————-EGG WASH———————————-
1    egg, large; and water

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment blendthe flour, the sugar, the baking powder, and the salt until the mixture iscombined well. In a small bowl, whisk together the whole eggs, the yolks,the vanilla and the almond extract, add the mixture to the [...]

Biscotti Di Greve ( Orange Almond Biscotti)

Servings: 48
Ingredients:

2 c  flour; unbleached, all purp
1 c  sugar
1 ts baking soda salt
2    eggs, large
1    egg yolk, large
1 ts vanilla
1 tb orange zest; freshly grated
1 1/2 c  almonds, whole; toasted
-lightly and chopped
———————————-EGG WASH———————————-
1    egg, large; beaten with
-water

From the bakery in Greve, in Chianti, Italy.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with a paddle attachment, blendthe flour, the sugar, the baking soda and the salt until the mixture iscombined well. In a small bowl whisk together the whole eggs, the yolk,thevanilla and the zest, [...]

Biscotti Del Laggaccio (Aniseed Biscotti)

Servings: 1
Ingredients:

——————————-FOR THE SPONGE——————————-
1 pk active dry yeast; 2 1/2 tsp
-warm water
3/4 c  flour; all purpose,
1    unbleached
——————————–FOR THE DOUGH——————————-
1/2 c  sugar water and water
1/4 c  butter; unsalted, 1/2 stick
-cut i
2 1/2 c  flour; all purpose,
1    unbleached
1 tb aniseed salt

‘Did Columbus and his crews sail to the new world eating these traditionalLigurian biscotti? It’s entirely possible, although theirs would have beencooked much longer to drive off all the moisture, allowing them to keepforan entire ocean crossing. Though these biscotti are made with anenriched bread dough instead of the traditional [...]

Biscotti All’anice

Servings: 48
Ingredients:

3    eggs
2 ts anise extract
3/4 c  sugar
1 pn salt
1 1/2 c  all-purpose flour
1/4 c  cornstarch
1/2 ts baking powder

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350F. Combine the eggs, extract, sugar and salt in amixingbowl or the bowl of an electric mixer and whip with a hand mixer setat high speed or in a heavy duty mixer fitted with the whip. Continuewhippinguntil the mixture is very light and increased in volume, 6-7minutes. Whilethe egg mixture [...]

Basic Biscotti

Servings: 36
Ingredients:

4 oz blanched almonds
2 1/2 c  flour
1 3/4 c  granulated sugar
1/4 ts salt
1/4 ts baking soda
3    eggs

PREHEAT OVEN TO 350F. Spread almonds on a baking sheet and toast them inoven until lightly golden. Let cool. Coarsely chop half the nuts. Butter 2large baking sheets. Mix flour, sugar, salt and baking soda. Beat in eggs,then whole and chopped nuts. Mix to obtain a firm dough. Knead briefly,then divide dough into [...]