This one is one of the must have recipe for the holiday. It tastes so good and enjoyed by family members... especially good with coffee and hot chocolate.
This is the same recipes used in 2010 Holiday Biscotti and original recipe came from the Foodnetwork - Giada De Laurentis'
I double the recipe for mine.
Cool for 30 min., then cut with serrated knife in sawing motion.
Ready to rebake to brown the sides.
This is the same recipes used in 2010 Holiday Biscotti and original recipe came from the Foodnetwork - Giada De Laurentis'
Ingredients
- 2 cups AP Flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 3/4 cup pistachios, coarsely chopped--shell it yourself
- 2/3 cup dried cranberries and cherries; drained and dried overnight Maraschino cherries, chopped
- 12 ounces good-quality semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
- Almond slivers and sprinkles that you might like
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Line a half sheet baking pan (18x13") with silipad or parchment paper. Shift the flour and baking powder in a medium bowl. Beat sugar butter and lemon zest, salt, in mixer with paddle attachment until the butter is fluffy and pale in color; Add 1 egg at a time and after well mixing in the first ones. Stop and mix in pistachios and other goodies of your choice. Use the spatula to incorporate them well.
Form the dough into a 13-inch long, 3-inch wide log on the prepared baking sheet. Bake until light golden - *depending on your oven-- about 40 minutes. Cool for 30 minutes.
** You are not done, yet.
Place the log on the cutting board. Using a sharp serrated knife, cut the log on a diagonal into 1/2 to 3/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange the biscotti, cut side down, on the baking sheet. Bake the biscotti until they are pale golden, about 15 minutes. Transfer the biscotti to a rack and cool completely.
Stir the chocolate in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water (bain marie) until the chocolate melts. (Or microwave it in a plastic or stainless bowl for 1 minute at a time - when you see the sign of "softness", take out and stir it crazy. It is ready for use.)
Keep it warm over the bain marie, if your kitchen is very cold. **I normally make the chocolate glacage rather then melting the chocolate chip straight. The chocolate chip you purchased at the store is already tempered, so, it is possible to use it right after melting. But I use chocolate pistoles, so I mix in a bit of heavy corn syrup and butter to make chocolate glacage for my biscotti. It's the same glacage I use to cover some of my cakes.
Dip
half of the biscotti
into the melted chocolate. Gently shake off the excess chocolate. Place
the biscotti on the cooling rack set over a parchment or wax paper to
catch the excess chocolate for the chocolate to set (you can reuse the
chocolate after it becomes solid again). Roll in almond sliver before
the chocolate solidifies or sprinkle with sprinkles or sugar crystals.
Let it set until the chocolate is firm, about 35 minutes.
Wrap them up individually or in a holiday-ish container and share with friends and family.
An excellent ways to recycle the leftover Christmas Seals I accumulated over the years.
Line a half sheet baking pan (18x13") with silipad or parchment paper. Shift the flour and baking powder in a medium bowl. Beat sugar butter and lemon zest, salt, in mixer with paddle attachment until the butter is fluffy and pale in color; Add 1 egg at a time and after well mixing in the first ones. Stop and mix in pistachios and other goodies of your choice. Use the spatula to incorporate them well.
Form the dough into a 13-inch long, 3-inch wide log on the prepared baking sheet. Bake until light golden - *depending on your oven-- about 40 minutes. Cool for 30 minutes.
** You are not done, yet.
Place the log on the cutting board. Using a sharp serrated knife, cut the log on a diagonal into 1/2 to 3/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange the biscotti, cut side down, on the baking sheet. Bake the biscotti until they are pale golden, about 15 minutes. Transfer the biscotti to a rack and cool completely.
Stir the chocolate in a bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water (bain marie) until the chocolate melts. (Or microwave it in a plastic or stainless bowl for 1 minute at a time - when you see the sign of "softness", take out and stir it crazy. It is ready for use.)
Keep it warm over the bain marie, if your kitchen is very cold. **I normally make the chocolate glacage rather then melting the chocolate chip straight. The chocolate chip you purchased at the store is already tempered, so, it is possible to use it right after melting. But I use chocolate pistoles, so I mix in a bit of heavy corn syrup and butter to make chocolate glacage for my biscotti. It's the same glacage I use to cover some of my cakes.
Dip
half of the biscotti
into the melted chocolate. Gently shake off the excess chocolate. Place
the biscotti on the cooling rack set over a parchment or wax paper to
catch the excess chocolate for the chocolate to set (you can reuse the
chocolate after it becomes solid again). Roll in almond sliver before
the chocolate solidifies or sprinkle with sprinkles or sugar crystals.
Let it set until the chocolate is firm, about 35 minutes.
Wrap them up individually or in a holiday-ish container and share with friends and family.
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