recipes
white chocolate chip brownies
makes 16
100g (3
1
⁄2oz) hazelnuts or walnuts 2 eggs
75g (3oz) white chocolate 75g (3oz) caster sugar
175g (6oz) white chocolate chips 5ml (1tsp) vanilla essence
50g (2oz) butter 75g (3oz) self-raising flour
1 Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4. Lightly grease and line an 18cm (7 inch) square
tin. Roughly chop the nuts and set aside for later.
2 Place the white chocolate broken into pieces into a small saucepan with the butter and heat
very gently until melted, stirring continuously. Leave to cool for 5 minutes.
3 Place the eggs, sugar, flour, vanilla and melted mixture into the bowl and mix together with
the beater on speed 4, until smooth. Add the chopped nuts and the white chocolate chips.
Mix to combine.
4 Transfer to the prepared tin and bake for 30-35 minutes. Leave to cool in the tin then cut
into small squares to serve.
biscotti
makes 24
50g (2oz) flaked almonds 225g (8oz) plain flour
50g (2oz) butter, softened 10ml (2tsp) baking powder
100g (4oz) caster sugar 5ml (1tsp) ground coriander
1 egg 40g (1
1
⁄2 oz) polenta
15ml (1tbsp) orange liqueur 50g (2oz) pistachio nuts,
finely grated rind 1 small orange roughly chopped
1 Preheat the oven to 170°C /325°F/Gas 3. Roast almonds for 5-10 minutes, cool and very
coarsely chop. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
2 Using the beater on speed 6, beat the butter and sugar in the bowl, until pale and smooth.
Beat in the egg, liqueur and orange rind. Add the flour baking powder, ground coriander and
polenta to the bowl and mix at speed 1 to make a soft dough. Add the nuts and beat at
speed 1, until well combined.
3 Turn out onto a lightly floured work surface and knead slightly. Halve the mixture and shape
each into a 5cm wide, 2cm (
3
⁄4 inch) deep rectangular shape.
4 Place on the prepared baking sheet and chill for 20 minutes. Bake for about 30 minutes
until just firm. Transfer to a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes then cut diagonally into
1cm (
1
⁄2 inch) wide slices.
5 Place the Biscotti cut side down on the baking sheet and bake for a further10 minutes, until
crisp. Cool on a wire rack, store in airtight container.
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