Chocolate and chestnut biscotti
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Hard twice baked cookies made with chestnut flour and chocolate chips
Ingredientes
  • 3 medium eggs
  • 180g sugar (1 cup)
  • 150g AP flour (1⅕ cup)
  • 200g chestnut flour (1⅓ cup)
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 100g chocolate chips or chunks (0.5 cup)
  • 100g raw almonds, blanched or whole (0.5 cup)
Instrucciones
  1. Break the eggs into a bowl and add sugar. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
  2. Sift the regular flour with the baking powder. Add eggs and mix well by hand or in a stand mixer with the paddle attachment.
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  4. Then add the whole almonds and chocolate chips, and mix the best you can to evenly distribute them.
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  6. Divide the dough in half and shape both halves into thin loaves as depicted in the images. Lay them on a mat or parchment paper and bake 25-30 minutes at 180º C, 355ºF (no convection).
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  8. When the loaves are golden brown and firm to the touch, remove from the oven and let cool 5 minutes. Then cut them into slices about 1 cm thick, be very careful as they quite brittle, and lay all the slices on a baking sheet.
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  10. Then bake in the oven again to dry them about 5-7 minutes per side, at the same temperature as before. Let cool on a wire rack. And they're ready to be devoured.
Recipe by Recetas caseras con fotos paso a paso de Miriam García at https://invitadoinvierno.com/chocolate-and-chestnut-biscotti/