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lunedì 14 novembre 2011

ready for Christmas? La Torta Italiana by Linda Collister

In a moment in which I strongly desired cookbooks, I bought the one by Linda Collister Divine Chocolate Cookbook, MY book. It's all brown and gold as the chocolate and nuts: utmost union of love between two of the most libidinous ingredients in the sweets as well generally in food. My attention has been immediately kept by a simple cake, a version of the classic Italian chocolate and nut dessert. A rich dessert wonderful to have ready in the fridge at Christmas time, for our even unexpected guests...in order to keep their mouths busy!

"langarole" biscuits by Luca Montersino

Ingredients for 80 pieces

375g butter
162g icing sugar
65g whipping cream
40g cocoa powder
400g spelt flour white
87.5g spelt flour integral
200g toasted hazelnuts
1/2 vanilla bean
1g salt

Fettine di Langarole

Method

Whisk the butter with the sugar, salt, and vanilla using the leaf of the blender, add the cream and then flush the flour with cocoa. Fill the dough with toasted hazelnuts reduced in a small grain. Put the dough into a framework of steel 4 cm high and form a rectangular tile. Cool in the refrigerator, then make slices about 12 mm thick. Bake at 170° for about 18'.

mercoledì 4 maggio 2011

marble plum-cake

Mixed Biscuits (again!)

Mix di biscotti

Considering the inordinate passion for the exquisite biscuits that comes out when you taste them for the first time, and then makes impossible to eat again those ones confectioned (except some rare qualities); as far as the daily request of my children "what have we got today for dessert?" as we were in a pastry, I attempt more than one time to make different recipes of the same sweet. So it is for the biscuits, that I produce in great quantities and different qualities. This is a recipe I found out in a review during Christmas time. For the chaos of those days I was able to try them just yesterday! At the request of my friend Diana, who is more greedy than my children & Co.