Monday, March 23, 2009

Numéro Série Néro 3.1

Cantuccini

Ingredients
  • 300 gr. flour
  • 200 gr. sugar (I have put 150 gr.)
  • 100 gr. of unpeeled almonds
  • Qb milk (I put 30 gr. butter)
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon grated orange zest (colored part only)
  • 1 teaspoon anise seeds (I'm not at all)
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • a pinch of salt 1 egg yolk for brushing

Mix the Sift flour with baking powder, sugar, butter if you prefer, the pinch of salt, grated orange peel, anise seeds and eggs, add the almonds and knead thoroughly (if not put the butter and the mixture is dry, add a little milk). With the mixture formed three loaves dua thick fingers around, arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or greased and floured and brush with beaten egg yolk. Bake in preheated oven at 180 ° -190 ° for 15 minutes, then remove them from the oven and slice at an angle, put them back in the oven and cook for another 5-10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Full Katesplayground Sets

Almond Cake from the Heart Soft

It 's the first time I make these delicious pies from a tender heart. The first attempt I managed good, because I had some problems with cooking times, in fact when I still had fluid removed from the oven and I could not remove. The second attempt however went well and that is what you see in the picture.


Makes about 4 pies

  • 125 gr. dark chocolate
  • 90 gr. soft butter
  • 80 gr. icing sugar
  • 40 gr. flour 2 eggs
  • 4 disposable aluminum molds
  • taste of sugar

Chop chocolate and melt in water bath , add the soft butter into cubes and mix with a spatula or wooden spoon, combine the sifted icing sugar and stir, remove from heat and let the mixture cool. In a bowl, beat eggs and add them gradually to the chocolate sauce while stirring to mix well. Finally, the United by dropping the flour from a sieve to avoid lumps and mix well. Grease and flour well the 4 molds eliminating the excess flour, pour in the chocolate cream in equal parts, cover with plastic wrap and place in freezer to cool for at least an hour. Preheat oven to 180 ° -200 ° and cook the patties just removed from the freezer, in my case it took about 15-18 minutes (cooking depends on the type of furnace could cook in less time). The cakes are ready when you will have formed a crust on the surface. Sfornateli and let them cool a few minutes, then the mold on a plate and sprinkle with icing sugar.