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[The Dogmother]

I had forgotten how lovely these are until I had some again recently, so I had to dig my family recipe out. Their real name is Ricciarelli. I have translated the recipe into 'new money' measurements. Nonno used to make such lovely ones and I remember eating them warm from the oven.

 

Ricciarelli Biscuits

 

They're great with tea or coffee, or crumbled onto ice cream.

 

Ingredients

 

2 medium egg whites

2 tbsp clear honey

175g icing sugar, plus extra for rolling and dusting

½ tsp baking powder

3 tbsp plain flour (Lesley, you can use gluten free)

1 orange, zest

50g chopped mixed peel

250g blanched almonds

 

Method

 

Preheat the oven to 120°C/gas ¾ and line 2 baking trays with greaseproof paper or a silicone tray liner. In a food processor, blend all the ingredients except the egg whites until the mixture resembles co"Ooops, word censored!" breadcrumbs. Transfer to a large mixing bowl. Whisk the egg whites until stiff, stir them into the almond mixture to form a soft dough.

 

Sprinkle icing sugar over the work surface and pat the dough with lightly dusted hands until it is roughly 1cm thick; I then cut it into pretty shapes but you can just as easily do rounds or make a sausage shape and cut off rounds.

 

Dust with icing sugar and bake for 18–20 minutes or until they are the colour of straw. Cool on a wire rack and dust with more icing sugar.

 

Warning, these are totally delicious and very addictive!

[Cinnamon]

They sound lovely...........

[The Dogmother]

They are - they have a soft doughy texture and smell lovely when they are cooking.

[fluffyknickers]

oooh lovely will give these a go as have some mixed peel left over from the xmas cake I am attempting!

[Lesley]

Yum! - mixed peel and not a raisin in sight!

 

I'll be trying these

[The Dogmother]

You'll love them Lesley, they have a sort of macaroon texture.

[Alis girls]

Showing my ignorance Italian right? sound yum I love recipes handed down from gran to mum to granddaughter. Will give these a try

[hillfamily]

They sound so yummy Clare ... I'll be making some of these very very soon :D

[hillfamily]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....they are soooo yummy :D

 

I've just made some and they are mouthwateringly good

[The Dogmother]

Glad to hear it Pam.

[Lesley]

I'll add this recipe to my 'Mayonnaise Recipes' ........... I make mayonnaise with 2 egg yolks so I like to have recipes for using the egg whites! I have a florentine recipe using 2 egg whites as well.

[Lewis]

Clare made these for Sat *nomnomnom*

 

Will have to add it to the list

[The Dogmother]

Thanks Lewis

 

*nomnomnom*

 

That's what Ruby says when she sees a bone!

[craftyhunnypie]

Claret - is there a flat elongated chocolate biscuit that is made in a sausage & you slice bits off ? Very thin italian like bickies? I have them at a cafe.

 

Emma.x

[The Dogmother]

Not that I can recall Emma, but that's not to say that it doesn't exist.

 

I guess that you could make this one in a sausage and slice bits off.