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Lotti-Jenni-Scotti (Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti)

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Rhonda Doyle writing about fine food and wine from Orange, New South Wales

Lotti-Jenni-Scotti (Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti)

Stephen Doyle

Ingredients

  • 220g plain flour

  • 75g best quality dark cocoa powder

  • ½ teasp baking powder

  • ½ teasp salt

  • ½ teasp ground white pepper

  • 250g caster sugar

  • 200g roasted hazelnuts

  • 2 whole eggs, plus one egg white

  • Zest of one orange

  • 1 vanilla bean, split

Method

Preheat oven to 175 degrees.

Sift flour, cocoa and baking powder into a bowl. Add salt and pepper, caster sugar and hazelnuts.

Lightly beat eags and egg white, adding zest and vanilla bean seeds as you go.

Combine dry and wet ingredients either by hand or in a mixer. You will need to do a little gentle kneading to pull the mixture together. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and form into a long, flattened log. Transfer to a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake for 35-40 minutes.

When cooked, the log should be firm. Remove and allow to cool. Then using a sharp knife cut thin slices on the diagonal and arrange on a baking tray. Return to a very slow oven (75 – 80 degrees) to crisp.

Biscotti will keep for some time in airtight containers.

Morsels of choice

(After many discussions with people in Orange or at our Cellar Door - feel free to contribute to this recipe)

Sweet:

  • Mama’s Raspberry Friand

  • Date Nellie (Nana’s Date Slice)

  • Tarte Vigneron apples in red wine tarte tatin

  • Tim Tam and a cuppa

  • Shortbread with one side painted with chocolate

  • Small piece of fruit cake

  • Small rich chocolate cake

  • Small trifle

  • Vanilla ice cream

  • Small hazelnut and coffee cake with chocolate ganache and raspberries

  • Pumpkin pie American (had a wonderful story of American cotton farmers in outback NSW)

  • Gillard Gateau (sadly didn’t develop beyond the name but would have to be red or orange coloured icing or cake?)

  • Rhonda’s Roulade (Blueberries and cream rolled in meringue with icing sugar and raspberries on top)

  • Stephen’s The Grunt (Blueberries in a tart shell with cream)

Savoury:

  • Mum’s Dolmades

  • World Famous Cheese Puffs

  • 2@ sausage rolls (1 pork & fennel, 1 turkey & bacon)

  • Onion Bhajis

  • potato scallop

  • 2 @ curry morsel

  • Cheese and salami and a glass of wine

  • Blue vein cheese and dessert wines

  • Potatoes with mushy peas