Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti
- 1 cup raw hazelnuts
- 1 23 cups plain flour
- 2 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 34 cup caster sugar
- 12 teaspoon baking powder
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 orange, zest of, finely grated
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius Roast the hazelnuts on an oven tray for 10 minutes or until they are golden and the skins are flaking.
- Rub well in a clean tea towel to remove the skins.
- Chop coarsely.
- Sift the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon into a separate bowl, and gradually add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients, stirring to form a dough.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly, then halve.
- Shape into 2 separate 25cm-long logs; place the logs on an oven tray lined with baking paper, bake for 15 minutes, then remove from the oven and allow to stand for 5 minutes.
- Slice the logs diagonally into 5mm-thick slices, place on the oven trays and return to the oven for 10 minutes or until dry.
- Cool on a wire rack, then store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.
hazelnuts, flour, dutch, caster sugar, baking powder, eggs, orange
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-hazelnut-biscotti-135176 (may not work)