Orange, Chocolate and Hazelnut Mandelbrot
- 2 large eggs
- 1/4 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
- 2 1/2 tablespoons grated orange peel
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) chilled unsalted butter or margarine, cut into small pieces
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 1 3/4 cups hazelnuts, toasted, husked
- 6 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 14 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate, chopped
- Line 12x18x1-inch baking sheet with heavy-duty foil.
- Whisk eggs, juice and orange peel in large bowl.
- Mix flour, baking powder, salt, ginger and cinnamon in processor.
- Add butter and cut in using on/off turns until mixture forms coarse meal.
- Add sugar and just blend in.
- Add nuts and chop coarsely using 6 on/off turns.
- Add nut mixture to egg mixture.
- Stir until moist dough forms.
- Mix in 6 ounces chocolate.
- Drop half of dough by heaping tablespoons in line down length of left half of prepared baking sheet.
- Repeat with remaining dough down right half of sheet.
- Chill until dough is firm, about 30 minutes.
- Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 375F.
- Using moistened fingertips, shape dough into 2-inch-wide 1-inch-high logs.
- Bake until logs are golden brown and beginning to crack on top, about 25 minutes (each log will spread to about 4-inch width).
- Reduce oven temperature to 300F.
- Cool logs in pan on rack 10 minutes.
- Pull foil with logs onto work surface.
- Score logs crosswise into 3/4-inch-wide slices.
- Cool until cookies begin to firm, about 15 minutes.
- Using serrated knife, cut through scored lines.
- Arrange cookies cut side up on 2 heavy cookie sheets.
- Bake 15 minutes.
- Turn cookies over.
- Bake until crisp, about 15 minutes.
- Cool on sheets on racks.
- (Can be made 1 day ahead.
- Store airtight.)
- Line large cookie sheet with heavy-duty foil.
- Stir 14 ounces chocolate in top of double boiler over barely simmering water until melted.
- Dip 1 long side of each cookie into chocolate and set chocolate side down on prepared sheet.
- Chill until chocolate is set.
- Peel cookies off foil.
- (Can be made 1 week ahead.
- Cover and chill in airtight container.)
- Serve cold.
eggs, orange juice concentrate, flour, baking powder, salt, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, butter, sugar, hazelnuts, bittersweet, bittersweet
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/orange-chocolate-and-hazelnut-mandelbrot-2792 (may not work)