Biscotti is a cookie that I tend to associate with the holidays. Perhaps that is because I generally only see it during the holidays but none the less I wanted to make some this year. Biscotti is a twice baked cookie where you form the simple dough into a long oval and bake it. Once it has baked long enough to cut it you pull it out and slice it into long fingers and bake them until they are nice and crisp and golden brown. One of the things that I like most about biscotti is that there are so many different thing that you can put in them form nuts, to chocolate, to dried fruit to spices, etc. This year I was thinking that a chocolate biscotti with pistachios would be nice. I often like to combine green pistachios with red dried cranberries but with the cookie being chocolate you would not be able to see the cranberries too well so I decided to double up the chocolate with some chocolate chips. With the chocolate biscotti, my holiday cookie platter is now starting to look more complete!
Biscotti, by its nature it a hard and dry cookie which makes it perfect for dipping into warm drinks like coffee, tea or a mug of hot chocolate which is perfect for getting into the holidays.
Chocolate and Pistachio Biscotti
ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/4 cup pistachios
- 1/4 cup chocolate chips
directions
- Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
- Slowly mix the sugar into the eggs and oil in another bowl.
- Slowly mix the dry and wet ingredients until they come together.
- Mix in the pistachios and chocolate chips.
- Form the dough into a rough oval about 8 inches by 3 inches on parchment paper. Note: The dough will be very sticky but you will be able to shape it.
- Bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven for 30 minutes.
- Cut it into 1/4-1/2 inch slices.
- Bake the slices in the oven for 10 minutes per side at 325F/170C.
bj says
December 18, 2009 at 2:28 amO, Kevin, this looks just beautiful and sounds devine. Can't wait to try it. I tried making biscotti last year and, altho it tasted great (lemon flavor), it did NOT look very pretty.
I'll give your recipe a try, tho.
MERRY CHRISTMAS..
bj
VeggieGirl says
December 18, 2009 at 2:45 amI associate biscotti with the holidays too – 'tis the season! 🙂
Priya says
December 18, 2009 at 3:50 amThis luks delicious..ur blog is too good..
Rosa's Yummy Yums says
December 18, 2009 at 4:37 amMarvelous biscotti!
Cheers anf have a wonderful Friday,
Rosa
tamilyn says
December 18, 2009 at 5:40 amWhat a great idea for gifting. I love homemade gifts and would appreciate something as wonderful as this.
Jenn says
December 18, 2009 at 5:47 amI love how colorful the slices look. Yum. Have any leftover? I've got my milk ready.
screwdestiny says
December 18, 2009 at 7:34 amMmm, I love biscotti, especially it it's chocolate flavored. Looks great, Kevin.
Rachael says
December 18, 2009 at 8:49 amThat looks both beautiful and gorgeous1
Rosabela says
December 18, 2009 at 9:09 amI also made biscotti with chocolate and walnuts and they turned out good. My mom would love this version with pitachios. 🙂
Joanne says
December 18, 2009 at 11:14 amI am definitely going to make a vanilla cranberry pistachio biscotti but this chocolate version would be so great to put alongside it! Perhaps dipped in some white chocolate?
mouni says
December 18, 2009 at 1:58 pmohhh it look amazing!
HoneyB says
December 18, 2009 at 2:21 pmBiscotti is something I cannot leave alone. Especially if its chocolate…
Kat says
December 18, 2009 at 4:28 pmYour biscotti look so good! I used to live in the North End in Boston and would devour all the yummy Italian desserts of which biscotti were my favorite. I must put these on my must try list for 2010!
Jacqueline says
December 18, 2009 at 4:32 pmGorgeous photos Kevin and very tempting 🙂
Pam says
December 18, 2009 at 9:00 pmI made some biscotti too. A chocolate peppermint. Biscotti is always good.
Maria says
December 18, 2009 at 11:08 pmI love making biscotti and you've made a beautiful batch here! Love the double chocolate and the pistachio … perfect with a cup of coffee. And your photos are great too!
mirela says
December 18, 2009 at 11:27 pmOh, divine!
Catherine says
December 18, 2009 at 11:55 pmMmmm, I love biscottis! Kevin this looks scrumptious and beautiful!
♥peachkins♥ says
December 19, 2009 at 12:59 amOh my the biscotti looks good!
meeso says
December 19, 2009 at 2:12 pmChocolate and pistachio, perfect!
OLGUIS says
December 20, 2009 at 4:51 amwow what a great cooking blog you have.
Regards
olga.
Peter M says
December 21, 2009 at 9:37 pmI would so love this with a strong Greek coffee.
Claire says
March 16, 2010 at 2:01 pmI made these biscotti this weekend. They were delicious. If I made them again I'd probably put more pistachios in, maybe 1/2 cup, but they were yummy nonetheless!