The team at Cornish Sea Salt share their recipe for Christmas biscotti
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Makes 8 biscotti
Oven temp 160°C / gas 3
- Free‑range eggs 2
- Caster sugar 100g
- Plain flour 250g
- Bicarbonate of soda ½ tsp
- Orange 1, zest
- Blanched hazelnuts 50g, chopped
- Dark chocolate chips 50g
- Cornish Sea Salt Flakes a pinch
To decorate:
- Dark chocolate melted
- Blanched hazelnuts chopped
- Cornish Sea Salt Flakes
- Preheat the oven to 160°C / gas 3. Line a large baking tray with baking parchment.
- Using an electric whisk, mix the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. In another bowl, combine the flour, bicarbonate of soda, orange zest, hazelnuts, chocolate chips and salt flakes.
- Gently tip the dry ingredients into the egg mix and fold into a dough. Place the dough on a floured surface and shape into a long sausage approximately 3cm thick.
- Put the dough on the lined baking tray and bake in the oven for 30 minutes, then remove and slice. Put the slices on the tray flat-side up and return to the oven for a further 15 minutes.
- To decorate the Christmas biscotti: once cooled, dip the biscotti into the melted chocolate and sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts and sea salt flakes.
You will need
- Free‑range eggs 2
- Caster sugar 100g
- Plain flour 250g
- Bicarbonate of soda ½ tsp
- Orange 1, zest
- Blanched hazelnuts 50g, chopped
- Dark chocolate chips 50g
- Cornish Sea Salt Flakes a pinch
To decorate:
- Dark chocolate melted
- Blanched hazelnuts chopped
- Cornish Sea Salt Flakes
Method
- Preheat the oven to 160°C / gas 3. Line a large baking tray with baking parchment.
- Using an electric whisk, mix the eggs and sugar until light and fluffy. In another bowl, combine the flour, bicarbonate of soda, orange zest, hazelnuts, chocolate chips and salt flakes.
- Gently tip the dry ingredients into the egg mix and fold into a dough. Place the dough on a floured surface and shape into a long sausage approximately 3cm thick.
- Put the dough on the lined baking tray and bake in the oven for 30 minutes, then remove and slice. Put the slices on the tray flat-side up and return to the oven for a further 15 minutes.
- To decorate the Christmas biscotti: once cooled, dip the biscotti into the melted chocolate and sprinkle with chopped hazelnuts and sea salt flakes.
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