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Spelt and Raspberry Baci di Dama

Spelt and Raspberry Baci di Dama

Spelt and Raspberry Baci di Dama - delicious spelt and hazelnut cookies sandwiched together with raspberry chocolate ganache.

Course Cookies
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings 40
Author Recipe adapted from “La Cucina Italiana Magazine” – November 2015

Ingredients

Baci di Dama

  • 100 gms – ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 100 gms – 7 tbsp butter cold
  • 100 gms – ¾ cup spelt flour
  • 100 gms – ¾ cup hazelnut meal
  • 1 pinch baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt

Raspberry Chocolate Ganache

  • 30 gms – 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 100 gms – 3.5 oz. dark chocolate
  • 200 gms – 7 oz. raspberries
  • 1 tsp lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Mix together the hazelnut meal, two types of flour, cold cubed butter, sugar, salt and baking powder and knead into a smooth dough. Make it into a flat square, wrap it in cling wrap and put it in the fridge for 1 hour.
  2. Divide the dough into 80 small balls and put them on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Put them in the freezer to harden for 10 minutes. This will ensure that the cookies will retain their shape.
  3. Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C – 320°F for 15 minutes.  When ready, let the cookies cool down.
  4. In the meantime, chop the chocolate and keep it in a bowl.
  5. Cook the raspberries with the lemon juice and sugar for 10 minutes in a low flame. When ready, mash it and sieve it into a sauce.
  6. Use the raspberry sauce to melt the dark chocolate. Let it cool until it thickens.
  7. Then sandwich the cookies together with some raspberry chocolate ganache.