Recipe of the week: Chocolate dipped almond biscotti

Biscotti is a handy recipe to have up your sleeve and a perfect accompaniment to have with your tea or coffee. Biscotti can also be a great homemade gift and it keeps a long time. The recipe below will make roughly 16 individual biscotti. This recipe is for almond biscotti but you can use any kind of nuts you like.

 

Ingredients:

100g almonds (can be substituted for other nuts)

200g flour

180g sugar

¼ teaspoon baking soda

2 eggs

1tsp vanilla

250g melted dark chocolate

 

Method: 

Chop almonds into smaller pieces. Place all dry ingredients in a bowl. Lightly beat eggs and vanilla and combine with dry. Shape onto a tray. Cook at 160 for 40 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes then cut into slices and place back in 140 oven for a further 15 minutes. Allow to biscotti to cool then half dip  in melted chocolate. Dry on a clean piece of baking paper. Store in an airtight container.