I made biscotti yesterday using your recipe. Delicious! I was a little hesitant to use olive oil, thinking it may taste too strong, but no olive oil taste at all. Also, not at all dry as another viewer claimed. Absolutely perfect biscotti! Thank you for the recipe and accompanying wonderful tutorial.
I'm so glad you made and loved them. This recipe is not only tested but was the on I used in the restaurant where I was pastry chef . Thanks for letting me know.
Hello Christine, lots of tricks of the trade! Those are my favorites during the holidays!seating around a fireplace with a coffee! Thank you!and Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🤶🎅🍭🍾🥂🌲🎉🎉🎉😇
Thank you Ginette. I think you will love these. I have to ration them out over here at our house. Merry Christmas to you also . Next week is a great new look Tiramisu
These look Amazing Christene! I can’t wait to try them! Thankyou for a Wonderful recipe! Just a question, if I wanted to make these nistisima, do you have any tips? Cathy x
HI Cathy. I have not made them nistisima ( plant based ) but I would definitely try the following: just replace the eggs with some aquafaba - the liquid in a can of chickpeas. With only 2 eggs in this recipe, I would try 1/4 cup of aquafaba. I imagine the texture will be more dense but it should work. I hope you try it.
You can absolutely add dried cherries or apricots. Just make sure apricots are chopped . They will dry out in the second baking of the biscotti and become quite chewy. I hope this helps
Thanks for watching and my apologies for the late response. Although I have never tried it, I'm pretty sure this option will work for these biscotti. For every egg , substitute 2 Tbsp. chickpea cooking liquid. It is also known as aquafaba. I hope this helps. Just do a search on aquafaba to see exactly what it is . Thank you. I think you will love these cookies.
My apologies for the late response. I really wanted to give you a great egg alternative. Although I have never tried it, I am pretty sure this option will work for these biscotti, as they are a very rustic cookie. For every egg, substitute 2 Tbsp. chickpea cooking liquid. It is also known as aquafaba ( when you open a can of chickpeas, that liquid inside is what I'm referring to ) . I hope this helps and you can give it a try. Perhaps you can research the aquafaba a bit further to make sure you use it properly.
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Utter garbage. Followed the recipe to a tee, yet the dough turned out very dry. Had to add a splash of milk just to keep it together. And although the logs had baked alright, they crumbled and fell apart when I started cutting. I’ve never had such a disappointing experience with biscotti before.
I am sorry to hear that you had problems with the biscotti although I'm sure there is some reason for it. This recipe is one I have used for many years and everyone loves it. The dough should actually be sticky. Did you use a dry measure to measure the flour and cocoa and use the scoop and flatten method ( not packing ). Did you use large eggs and the olive oil ? There is no need for milk, especially since there is no milk in the recipe. You saw in the video how loose the mixture is. I had someone comment just the other day how great they were. I hope this helps and that I could trouble shoot perhaps were you went wrong. Thank you
MyFavouriteFoods ChristineCushing thank you for the quick response (did not expect that)! I always try to be very precise with measurements and use a trustworthy calibrated kitchen scale for baking. I specified that I had to add a tablespoon of milk just to bring the dough together, even though the recipe didn’t call for it. Anyway, I apologize for leaving such a harsh comment. Eventually I made a caramel bread pudding with the crumbled biscotti and it turned out delicious.
Then you did not follow the recipe correctly. Mine came out PERFECT! Additionally, were you not taught manners of any kind? Thank you Chef for the amazing recipe!!
