Cantucci
Ingredients – Makes 30
- 2 Eggs
- 170g of Granulated Sugar
- 280g of 00 Flour
- ½ teaspoon of Baking Soda
- 40g of Soft Butter
- 70g of Shelled and Unpeeled Almonds
- 1 Orange, bio
- 1 tablespoon of Honey
- 1 Yolk for brushing
Method
To make cantucci, start collecting the two whole eggs with the granulated sugar in a bowl and work them briefly with an electric mixer. Add the flour and baking soda and mix until you get a grainy dough.
Then add the butter, whole almonds, orange peel and honey. Work the dough quickly and form a loaf.
Divide the dough into two parts and with lightly floured hands form each half into a long, thin ‘log’. Arrange them both on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper and brush them with the egg yolk.
Bake in a preheated oven at 190° for 20 minutes. Remove them, let them rest for a few minutes and cut each strand into diagonal slices, approximately one centimetre thick, thus obtaining the cantucci. Then brown the biscuits for another 5 minutes in the oven at 200°.
Remove the cantucci from the oven and let them cool completely before serving.