Cherry Almond Biscotti

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   Place an oven rack on the middle shelf of the oven and preheat the oven (circulating air only: 175 °C) Line a baking tray with baking paper

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   Prepare the ingredients: mix 280 g flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Dust the cherries with a little flour to prevent them from sticking together. Chop 100 g chocolate. Mix with cherries and almonds

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   Cream butter with the whisks of a mixer or food processor in a mixing bowl. Add sugar and vanilla sugar and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add eggs and continue beating

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   Add the flour mixture with a wooden spoon or a dough scraper and mix only until a dough is just formed. Now the chunks (chopped chocolate, nuts

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   and cherries) and mix until everything comes together

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   5.cut the dough in half. With floured hands, shape one half of the dough directly on the baking tray into a 25 cm long and 8 cm wide log. Do the same with the other half. The dough is fairly firm and dry. This is normal because the biscotti expand during baking. If the dough were softer, you would get a big, flat cookie!

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   Bake the logs in the oven for about 25 minutes. Then let them cool down on the tray for about 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 160 °C. Cut the logs diagonally into approx. 1.5 cm thick slices on a cutting board with a saw knife (preferably serrated). Place the slices with the cut side down on the tray. If the

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   sheet is too small, distribute remaining slices onto a second sheet

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   Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes. Then place the biscotti on the other side and bake for another 10-12 minutes until they are golden brown. Let them cool on a cake rack

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    Now melt 100 g chocolate in a hot water bath. With the help of a spoon, squirt in strips onto the cooled biscotti. Allow to dry

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    waiting time approx. 1 1/2 hours