Cantucci (Biscotti di Prato) - Italian Recipe

Cantucci (Biscotti di Prato)

🌍 Italian, Tuscany Difficulty: ●●●○○

Twice-baked almond biscuits from Prato, hard enough to require dipping in vin santo. Shape the dough into flat logs, bake once until firm, then slice on the diagonal and bake again until dry throughout. They keep for weeks in a tin.

Ingredients

• 300g flour
• 200g sugar
• 3 eggs
• 200g whole almonds, toasted
• Zest 1 orange
• 1 tsp baking powder, vanilla

Method

1. Mixing — Mix all into stiff dough.
2. Shaping — Shape into logs; bake 180°C (350°F), 25 min.
3. Slicing — Slice diagonally; bake again 15 min until dry. Serve with Vin Santo.

Tags: flour, sugar, eggs, whole almonds, zest 1 orange · Source: Brittani's Almanac