Chocolate Hazelnut Biscotti

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup raw hazelnuts
• 1 2/3 cups plain flour
• 2 tablespoons dutch-processed cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 orange, zest of, finely grated

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200º celsius roast the hazelnuts on an oven tray for 10 minutes or until they are golden and the skins are flaking. rub well in a clean tea towel to remove the skins. chop coarsely.
• 2 sift the flour, cocoa, sugar, baking powder and cinnamon into a separate bowl, and gradually add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients, stirring to form a dough.
• 3 turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead briefly, then halve.
• 4 shape into 2 separate 25cm-long logs; place the logs on an oven tray lined with baking paper, bake for 15 minutes, then remove from the oven and allow to stand for 5 minutes.
• 5 slice the logs diagonally into 5mm-thick slices, place on the oven trays and return to the oven for 10 minutes or until dry.
• 6 cool on a wire rack, then store in an airtight container for up to 2 days.