Cantucci

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 1 cantucci, you will need:

• 1 100 g whole almonds
• 2 200 g flour
• 3 90 g caster sugar
• 4 10 g vanilla sugar
• 5 1 tablespoon honey
• 6 2 eggs
• 7 6 g baking powder
• 8 2 pinches salt
• 9 ½ lemon
• 10 ½ orange
• Total weight: 740 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
20 min.	20 min.	40 min.	1 hour 20 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Preheat your oven to 170°C (340°F). Pour 100 g whole almonds onto a baking sheet, and place in the oven for 10 minutes to roast.
2	Leave to cool, then chop very coarsely. Set aside and leave the oven on.
3	In a bowl, first pour in the powders: 200 g flour, 90 g caster sugar, 10 g vanilla sugar, 6 g baking powder and 2 pinches salt. Whisk to combine.
4	Add the almonds, 1 tablespoon honey, 2 eggs and the zests of ½ lemon and ½ orange.
5	Mix by hand, forming a sort of cylinder.
6	Place it on a sheet of baking paper on a baking sheet, and shape it into a roughly rectangular shape.
7	Bake for the first time at 170°C (340°F) for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and turn down to 160°C (320°F).
8	Leave to cool for 15 minutes.
9	Cut into slices about 1 cm thick using a serrated knife.
10	Place the slices on the baking sheet.
11	Bake for the second time at 160°C (320°F) for 10 minutes.
12	Cool or chill before serving.

Remarks

You can replace the almonds with a mixture of other dried fruits: almonds, pistachios, pine nuts, walnuts...

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