Biscotti

Biscuit Recipes Biscotti recipe

delicious magazine
Email this page
Date Published:
17/12/2008

Try these lovely Italian biscuits with a dash of Grand Marnier - they're great with a coffee.

Makes 24
Takes 15 minutes to make, 40-50 minutes to bake, plus cooling

Ingredients

  • 50g butter, softened, plus extra for greasing
  • 50g whole blanched almonds
  • 115g caster sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 15ml Grand Marnier liqueur
  • Finely grated zest of 1 small orange
  • 175g plain flour, plus extra for kneading
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp ground coriander
  • 40g polenta
  • 50g shelled unsalted pistachio nuts

Method: How to make biscotti

1. Preheat the oven to 170°C/fan150°C/gas 4. Lightly grease a baking sheet. Roast the almonds in the oven for 5-10 minutes, or until golden. Cool and roughly chop.

Tip

This recipe is made using the Kenwood Chef and its K beater attachment.

2. Put the butter and sugar in the Kenwood Bowl. Using the K Beater at speed 3, cream until smooth. Beat in the egg, liqueur and zest. Add the flour, baking powder, coriander and polenta. Mix at speed 1 to a dough.

3. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead the almonds and pistachios throughout the dough. Halve the mix and shape each half into a 5cm wide, 2cm deep sausage.

4. Place on the baking sheet and bake for 30 minutes, until just firm. Cool for 10 minutes, then cut into 1cm slices. Lay the biscotti cut-side down on the baking sheet and bake for 5-10 minutes, until crisp. Cool.

© delicious. magazine

Back to top

Your Comments

Post your comment

Please note: In order to post a comment you need to be registered and logged in to Channel 4:

Sign In Here or Register Here

Comments closed

Comments are closed at the present time

Your comments

Post your comment
By posting on this website you are agreeing to abide by our Comments Policy.
Mandatory Fields are marked with *
Your Comment (Maximum characters: 4000) *
You have

Comments

Thank you for your comment!

Your message will be reviewed and the best ones will be published below.

If you intended to make an official comment to Channel 4 please contact us.

Comments

  1. I have problems understanding the british terminology for ingredients and measurements. Please clarify for the regular American english speaking population. Thank you
    Posted by Lynda Cason on 27/07/2009 18:45:28
    Offensive? Unsuitable? Report this comment
  2. Is there a place on this site where I can get the American equivalent of English measurements?
    Posted by Lia on 15/05/2009 01:49:49
    Offensive? Unsuitable? Report this comment

Recipe Finder

Show only:

Advertisement

More Pistachio Recipes

More Italian Recipes

More Biscuit Recipes

Ramsay's best recipes

Weight Loss Club

great_taste_awards_tile Win a hamper ...of the UKs best food

Advertisement


Food

Skip Channel4 main Navigation
Explore Channel4
Food
Homes
Film
4Car
News
See All

Channel 4 © 2009. Channel 4 is not responsible for the content of external websites.