Chocolate and Pistachio Biscotti
- Ready In:
- 1hr 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
78
ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 3⁄4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, preferably Dutch-process
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 pinch salt
- 3 eggs
- 1 1⁄4 cups light brown sugar
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon coffee extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 7 1⁄2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped or 1 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup unsalted shelled pistachio
directions
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
- Beat in the eggs at low speed until a crumbly dough forms.
- In another bowl, beat the brown sugar with the butter and the vanilla, coffee and almond extracts until combined.
- Scrape the mixture into the crumbly dough and beat at medium speed until a soft, sticky dough forms.
- Add the chopped chocolate and shelled pistachios and beat at low speed just until evenly distributed.
- Divide the dough into 4 and transfer 2 of the portions to each baking sheet.
- Form each piece into an 8 inch rope; flatten the ropes until they're about 2 inches wide and 3/4 inch thick.
- Bake for about 22 minutes, until the logs are puffed and springy to the touch; rotate the pans halfway through baking.
- Carefully transfer the logs to a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
- Lower the oven temperature to 200°.
- Using a sharp knife, cut the logs crosswise into 1/2 inch thick slices; each log will yield about 20.
- Return the slices to the baking sheets and bake for about 30 minutes longer, flipping the biscotti once after 15 minutes, until crisp.
- Transfer to racks to cool.
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Vino Girl
United States
My husband and I married straight out of college in July of 1992. I work as the Assistant Manager at a wine shop which allows me to drink on the job! (OK, not that much, but it's still a fun job...) Besides helping customers choose wine they will like (and also help with food and wine pairings for their menus), I also get to help with the catering end of the business, so I get to spend a fair amount of time in the kitchen making fun appetizers and beautiful food displays. I also work part-time at the fromagerie next door. So yeah - that means I eat on the job, too. :^D
We live on several peaceful wooded acres on a cute little river in rural NE Wisconsin, with a cranky old-lady Burmese and whatever stray outdoor cats that have decided to adopt us on any given day. The cute puppy in the picture is Jake, our Elhew-bred English Pointer that we brought home on Easter weekend 2007. I've also got 2 painted turtles named Dennis and Fuzz, and a bunch of fish (koi and goldfish, along with the guppies & swordtails in the turtle tank).
I USUALLY eat and cook healthy, but I rarely pass up dessert, either. I do not eat red meat, and try to limit other animal products, too. I love to bake, although I seem to collect a lot of scone and biscotti recipes which I NEVER get around to making. I bake and eat A LOT of cookies and muffins... I almost always reduce the sugar by 1/4 and use whole wheat pastry flour for at least part of the flour. Those two changes do so much to make recipes healthier without compromising taste. I try to reduce fat whenever I can, too, but while I want to eat healthy, I still want to ENJOY what I eat!!!
I seem to give a lot of 4 and 5 star reviews here - I seem to have a pretty good sense of what I like by looking at a recipe before I try it. Thank you to anyone that tries my recipes in return, or photographs them.
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