A typical Tuscan delicacy for after a meal are the crispy cantuccini all mandorle, baptized in Holy wine. The typical Italian almond cookies that everyone likes. I have found a recipe for success for you that you will enjoy. Because these cookies are quite expensive in Dutch stores. Moreover, making your own cantuccini is more satisfying and always tastier.

Ingredients

Cantuccini for 6 people (or for 1 person if you can't resist):

2 eggs
250 grams caster sugar
250 grams of self-raising flour
pinch of salt
125 grams of almonds with skin, coarsely ground
baking paper

Preparation

Time required: 35 minutes

Recipe for cantuccini all mandorle.

Mix eggs, sugar and almonds with flour
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees. Mix the eggs and sugar with a hand mixer until white. Add the flour and a pinch of salt. Mix this for a while and then mix in the almonds by hand.
Making dough rolls
Make long rolls of about 3 cm in diameter from the dough. Place these rolls on baking paper on a baking tray.
25 minutes in the oven
Place it in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes. Remove the rolls from the oven and let them cool for a while.
Cut slices and bake the cantuccini
Cut slices of about 1 centimeter and divide them on the baking sheet. Place the baking sheet back in the oven for another 4 minutes.

Vin Santo and Cantuccini (Photo: Shutterstock)

Vin santo: this is how you eat cantuccini

To do it really traditional, serve the cantuccini with a glass Holy wine (holy wine), a sweet Italian dessert wine.

Dip the biscuits in the wine before eating them. They make this wine in Italy for special occasions.

The vin santo from Tuscany is without a doubt the tastiest. This is also the original Mass wine. Making the wine is labor intensive.

It is usually made from the white malvasia or trebbiano grape. The raisins are only pressed after Christmas.

They are then left to ferment in barrels for 2 to 6 years. The room in which the kegs are stored is called the vinsantaio called. Halfway through the time, the juice is switched barrels. Not exactly a cheap process, as you understand.

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