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Chewy Fruit & Nut Ricciarelli Recipe

Chewy gluten free biscuits with an orange flavour.

Gluten Free
Chewy Fruit & Nut Ricciarelli Recipe
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Ingredients

For the recipe:
  • 50g mixed nuts (we used pistachios & walnuts)
  • 125g pitted dates
  • Zest of a small orange
  • 125g ground almonds
  • 125g caster sugar
  • 2 egg whites
  • 25g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
  • 2 tsp Steenbergs organic orange extract
  • 1/2 tsp Steenbergs organic vanilla extract

A delicious biscuit with the orange extract giving a wonderful chewy finish.

Makes 18-20

Method

01
Preheat the oven to 170C and line 2 baking trays with baking parchment.
02
Whizz up the nuts, dates, ground almonds, sugar and orange zest in a food processor to a fairly small crumb.
03
In a separate clean bowl, whisk up the egg whites with the icing sugar to form stiff peaks.
04
Gently fold in the nut mixture, sprinkle on the extracts and combine thoroughly.
05
Using a teaspoon form walnut sized balls of mixture, roll briefly in icing sugar and then place on the baking tray, pressing down lightly with a fork.
06
Continue with the rest of the mixture, leaving space between each.
07
Bake for 15 minutes, remove from the oven and cool for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.