Amaretti biscuits

Name: Amaretti biscuits
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 200 gr. ground almonds; 200 gr. sugar; 3 heaped desert spoons flour; 70 gr. egg whites; 1/2 cdta. lemon extract; 1 pinch salt

Becky @beckyr

Alicante, Spain

I needed to use up some egg whites at the weekend and found this recipe for amaretti biscuits. I tried these biscuits on holiday in Italy some years ago and thought they were delicious but had never thought of making them. They have a crisp kind of crust and the inside is really chewy. I thought I'd give them a try and was surprised how super easy and super delicious they were. Will defo make them again. I didn't have any almond extract (very difficult to find in Spain) or vanilla extract (none left), which would have been a natural substitute, so I used lemon extract and it worked just fine.

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Ingredients

200 gr.ground almonds
200 gr.sugar
3heaped desert spoons flour
70 gr.egg whites
1/2cdta. lemon extract
1 pinchsalt

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Steps

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Put the flour, almonds, sugar and salt in a bowl (I didn't bother with sifting)
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Whisk the egg whites. When they are firm add the lemon extract (or almond) to the whites and stir gently
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Add the egg white mixture to the bowl. Mix with a spoon and then with your hands to get a smooth dough.
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Roll into little balls and lay out on a baking tray lined with grease proof paper. Leave for 15 minutes, so they harden up a little. Put the oven on at 150ºC and put the baking tray in for 15 minutes or until small cracks appear on the top of the biscuits. Take out of the oven and leave 5 minutes on the baking tray.
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Then transfer to a rack and leave to finish cooling. Delicious!!

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Becky @beckyr

on March 12, 2019 08:11

Alicante, Spain

Born in the UK, I came to Spain after graduating many moons and meals ago, and I'm still here. For me cooking is a great way to unwind at the end of the day. My recipes tend to be quite quick and simple and (mostly!!) healthy too. Also quite seasonal - I prefer buying fresh local produce as much as possible. When I have time, I love spending a few hours cooking, filling my kitchen with delicious smells and great music and then hosting family and friends for long happy meals, laughs, conversation and chilled white wine. I'm a great believer in the power and value of home cooking for our own health, happiness and wellbeing and those of our loved ones and since I joined the Cookpad team 11 years ago I am committed to helping to make everyday cooking more fun for people all over the World. You can see more recipes (in Spanish) on my Cookpad Spain profile here: https://cookpad.wasmer.app/eng/users/1089227