I've never shared this recipe in book or blog, so you guys are the lucky ones 🥳 Today I'm sharing the recipe for a traditional Italian cookie perfect for the holidays
Baci di Dama (Ladies' Kisses)
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INGREDIENTS
10 tablespoons (150 grams) unsalted butter softened to room temp
½ cup (100 grams) sugar
1 large egg yolk
2 ounces (50 grams) finely ground almonds
2 ounces (50 grams) finely ground hazelnuts
1 ¼ cup (175 grams) flour
1 teaspoon vanilla
AND...
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Chocolate Ganache Filling (recipe follows)
Cream the softened butter together with the sugar until light & fluffy.
Beat in the egg yolk then both ground nuts.
Beat in the flour & vanilla until everything is well incorporated.
I promised you a seasonal recipe. For this you need a can of sweetened chestnut cream.
Chocolate Chestnut Cloud Cake (or cakes)
with chocolate orange ganache...
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Whether made as a single Bundt or as individual cakes, it’s deeply chocolate, moist & dense lightened to airiness with thick, creamy meringue which is folded gently into chocolate & butter then flavored with chestnut cream and a festive splash of Cointreau.
*I use a mixed Christmas Spice from Germany called Pflaumenmus Gewürz (Plum Jam Spices), a blend of cinnamon, nutmeg, star anise, ginger, cloves, lemon & orange zests. Feel free to use up to
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Don't be daunted: the dough is fast & easy to put together, more time is spent waiting than fiddling with fussy ingredients or complicated techniques. Topped with a marvelous cinnamon glaze, is one of the best sweet yeast
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coffee cakes I’ve made.
Makes 2 loaves
INGREDIENTS for the dough
3 ½ cups (450-460 g) flour, stirred up and lightly spooned into measuring cup & leveled
3 tablespoons (50 grams) sugar
1 ½ teaspoon (7 grams) active dry yeast
1 ¼ teaspoon salt
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3 tablespoons (45 grams) unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
1 cup (250 ml) milk (I use half whole, half lowfat), warmed to tepid/skin temperature
1 large egg at room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla or orange extract
Chestnut Fondant Bundt with Chocolate Ganache Drizzle
A "fondant" is a French cake that "melts" in the mouth. It has an indescribable, dense yet light, super moist texture. This cake is made with chestnut flour which gives it an unusual, nutty
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yet very particular flavor. The cake is not too sweet which makes the dark chocolate ganache the perfect complement.
This recipe is for a 9” (23 cm) Bundt pan but it can be made into individual bundlets as well.
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***recommendation: If you have a digital kitchen scale, set it for grams and use it for this recipe.
INGREDIENTS
4 large eggs, separated
14 tablespoons (7 oz /200 grams) unsalted butter, melted then cooled
1-1/3 cups + 2 teaspoons (5.3 oz/150 grams) chestnut flour