Almond Biscotti Dipped in Chocolate Recipe
Crisp and crunchy Almond Biscotti dipped in Dark Chocolate
Servings 12 biscuits
Ingredients
- 110 g Plain Flour
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- Pinch of Salt
- 20 g ground almonds
- 50 g whole skin on almonds
- 70 g soft brown sugar
- 1 beaten large egg
- ½ teaspoon almond extract
- 40 g dark chocolate 70%
- 40 g unsalted butter
Instructions
- Combine flour, salt, sugar, ground almonds, whole almonds, and baking powder. Gently stir with wooden spoon to mix thoroughly.
- Mix beaten egg, and almond extract
- Make a well in flour mixture and add the diced butter
- Rub in with your hands until the mixture resembles rough breadcrumbs
- Add the beaten egg and almond mixture
- Gently stir with wooden spoon till it starts to come together then thoroughly mix using hands
- Use flour on your hands to clean them of any biscuit mixture and if mixture is too sticky, add a little flour at a time until you can form a ball
- Roll the ball out into 2 logs around 1 inch wide
- Place on a tray lined with greaseproof paper and place in a preheated oven at 170°C for 30 minutes
- Remove and let log cool completely and lower the oven temperature to 150°C
- Cut cooled log diagonally into individual biscuits, then place back in the oven for a further 30 minutes
- Meanwhile melt the chocolate in a bowl over barely simmering water
- Remove biscotti from oven after 30 minutes and let cool completely before drizzling with melted chocolate and allowing the chocolate to set before serving