Wild Blueberry Biscotti
Biscotti makes a delicious snack or dessert treat, add wild blueberries and you have one delicious biscotti! This dessert recipe is an excellent and easy treat to make with the kids.
Cooking Time1 hr
Ingredients
- 1/3 whole almonds
- 1/3 cup shelled pistachio nuts
- 1/3 cup pine nuts
- 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon fennel seed
- 2/3 dried Wild Blueberries
- 2 eggs
- 2 1/2 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 drops almond extract
- 2 teaspoons orange flower water, optional
- 5 ounces dark, semi-sweet or white chocolate
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Place the almonds, pistachios and pine nuts on a baking sheet and toast in a preheated oven for 8-10 minutes to bring out their flavor. Allow to cool.
- Measure the flour, sugar, fennel seed, salt and Wild Blueberries into a mixing bowl.
- Break the eggs into a bowl, mix in the honey, then add the vanilla extract, almond extract and orange flower water.
- Add this mixture to the dry ingredients and combine to form stiff dough.
- Cut the dough in half and form two sausage lengths.
- Flatten shapes slightly, transfer to baking sheet and bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes.
- Allow to cool overnight, slice thinly with a bread knife, lay slices out onto a baking sheet and dry in preheated oven 300°F for 35 minutes. Allow to cool and store in an air-tight container.
- Finish by dipping Wild Blueberry Biscotti in dark, semi-sweet or white chocolate and set to dry on greaseproof paper.
Nutritional Information per Serving
82 calories, 2g protein, 3g fat, 13 g carbohydrate, 112mg sodium, 9mg cholesterol
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