Cranberry & Chocolate Biscotti
About the bake
These crunchy Italian biscuits are double baked so they will keep well in a tin for a month. They are delicious served witOur crunchy Italian Cranberry & Chocolate Chip Biscotti are double baked so they will keep well in a tin for a month. They are delicious served with coffee or dipped into a glass of dessert wine and make a great Christmas gift too. We've used Cocoa Powder for the chocolate element but you could just as easily work chocolate chips into the dough. If you are not keen on the chocolate try pistachios instead, they make a great partner for the cranberries.h coffee or dipped into a glass of dessert wine and make a great Christmas gift too.
Method
Step 1
Set the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4). Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
Step 2
Place the flour, cocoa powder, sugar and baking powder in a mixing bowl and mix together.
Ingredients for this step
- Allinson's Self-Raising White Flour (250g)
- Cocoa powder (25g)
- Baking powder (1 tsp)
- Billington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar (150g)
Step 3
Stir in the eggs and sherry, then the cranberries and nuts and mix well until the mixture begins to come together.
Ingredients for this step
- Eggs (free range, medium) (2)
- Sherry (2 tbsp)
- Dried cranberries (100g)
- Whole almonds (roughly chopped) (100g)
Step 4
Using your hands lightly knead the dough, then turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and shape into 2 long fat logs.
Step 5
Place the logs onto a baking tray, with a little room for them to spread and bake for 35 mins.
Step 6
Remove the biscotti logs from the oven and leave to cool for 15 minutes until they are cool enough to slice.
Step 7
Reduce the oven to 150°C (130°C fan, gas mark 3). Cut the logs into 1cm thick slices and arrange on the baking trays, with the cut surface upwards. Bake for a further 20 minutes to dry them out. Leave to cool then store in a cake tin for up to 1 month.
Ingredients
- 250gAllinson's Self-Raising White Flour
- 25gCocoa powder
- 1 tspBaking powder
- 150gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 2Eggs (free range, medium)
- 2 tbspSherry
- 100gDried cranberries
- 100gWhole almonds (roughly chopped)
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