cantuccini (or biscotti di Prato)
says that originally they were made with the bread dough "enriched," I have had this recipe easy, fast and in my opinion valid. The beauty is that it is easy to vary the doses (and if you're in the mood for meanness, because of the crisis, put some almond less) why you need:
300 g sugar 300 g flour "0"
3 eggs
300 grams of almonds shelled but not peeled (having their skins brown)
a tip of a teaspoon of baking powder
wanting and if you like, a few grains of anise (used, but not everyone likes so it's difficult to buy nooks we have it) Then
:
mix eggs and sugar until they are blended well, it takes no time, no matter reach to dissolve the sugar or make a frothy mixture.
without lumps, add the flour and baking powder, once built to put the almonds will result in a rather sticky dough, I would say obnoxious.
This should be made of narrow strips and thick on the baking oven (or non-stick or cartaforno is better) to start cooking a lot and then expand in a normal pan should be placed not more than two or three or you stick them all; in two or three batches should be run out of the mix, though.
oven at 180 for half an hour, then cut away, from warm and dry. If still too soft or soft, put them in the oven at 200 for about ten minutes.
put in a box or go on a cookie jar for several days, in fact I'm thinking of packing them in bags and make Christmas gifts, possibly decorated with bows along with a bottle of vin santo for soaking!
Monday, December 7, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Percoset Constipation
The ledge on the left side of the river Raganello. (Goat path)
These days, finding a nice sunny day is almost like winning the lottery, and then, having had a gift last Sunday during our climb to Dolcedorme today , November 8, 2009, we knew he is unable to claim. But we move too. Objective: goat path, a narrow ledge that runs in wall to the left bank of the tree frog. I, Louis and Franco, about nine o'clock in the morning, under a threatening sky, we are near the top of the panoramic Timpa State Property to admire from the beautiful village of Civita. Joints where the trail drops suddenly equipped with a ledge on the real, Franco and Luigi, who are their first time on this path, seeing the thin edge of the ledge, which is more impressive here than there being up, improvise a funny curtain ! While the sky is still not promise anything good, we go down, aware that a storm, or even normal rainfall could be here at all pleasant, as that there is in the full wall along this slender thread, just not sure where equipped with metal cables, while the rest (most) is on shaky ground and no safety, where a slip could be fatal. Once off joining another dimension ... "Abandon all hope ye who enter here" ... the 400-meter gap that we have under our feet can be seen and heard everything, especially in some narrow passages where you need a very firm feet. It 's all very exciting and adrenaline, without denying that we're a little worried about the weather. Even the wind is felt. I note with amazement that runs even on a part furnished a waterfall ... in open wall, strange, we had never found here, there is a channel here. We pass under the water, we note that the anchors on the rock where it falls you are ruining it is a pity, you should review what happened at the top and see if maybe it was some human intervention in this cause. yet another beautiful walk along this segment of the air path, until we realize that we must go back, the weather conditions are getting worse, we hope to get out before it rains. The first drops fall when we are at the machine, not a heavy rain, This would have been enough to make the problem return. Certainly the advice I can give is to live this wonderful adventure with perfect weather conditions, primarily for safety, but also to derive enjoyment. Returning to us, as it was back early, we ended up in "our" favorite restaurant now ... but that's another story ... NB
mandatory helmet! Do not do as some people forget that at home!
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
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