Italian Biscotti With Chocolate and Almonds

Crumbly biscotti with white wine, chocolate, and dried cranberries. Tinged with sugared orange and crunchy almonds. Slightly burnt, and soft & tender inside… These really are the perfect Italian Biscotti.

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These cookies are like a whole meal. Nice and tummy-filling from the almond flour and thick with decorations, I like to eat these for lunch. Not after lunch, but FOR lunch. (when I make cookies I eat lots of cookies, FYI).

While whipping these up for the first time, my mother came over. I could tell by the look on her face when she saw me packing them away that I should stop in my tracks because they weren’t going to stay packed away for long.

I baked these on a non stick Silpat baking mat.

Biscotti really are quite simple to make, and these are no exception. They don’t need to chill, or be twice baked. It’s really just mix, shape, cut, and bake. Then eat. and eat. and eat.

These biscotti also hold together and are longer-lasting, so they make great gifts. Tie them up with pretty ribbon, place in little boxes, and become the neighbour everyone wants to have.

Where did these Italian Jewish Biscottis come from?

*Originating from the Jewish Ghetto in Rome, these biscotti are traditionally called “Pizza Ebraica”.

*Don’t worry this is a bar cookie, not a pizza. (Pizza, at the time of the Spanish Inquisition- when the Jews came to Rome- simply meant “pie”, without inclining towards a sweet or savoury meal dish.)

*Called the favourite dessert of Pope Benedict XVI.

What will you find in this bar biscotti?

Mmmmmm… caramelised sugars, just-burnt raisins and cranberries, candied fruits, and chocolate. I added flavours here- these are not the traditional Pizza Ebraica! If I am making a biscotti it is going to have chocolate in it thank you very much.

Let’s see some photos of the process..

Shape the dough into a log…

Slice up the log…

Eye candy.

Separate the cookies so the edges can get nice and crisp..

I hope you enjoy these Italian Biscotti! Please say hello and tag your creations on Insta with estee_bestie.

Lots of love, Estee