Spelt and Raspberry Baci di Dama - delicious spelt and hazelnut cookies sandwiched together with raspberry chocolate ganache.
Course
Cookies
Cuisine
Italian
Prep Time1hour15minutes
Cook Time15minutes
Total Time1hour30minutes
Servings40
AuthorRecipe adapted from “La Cucina Italiana Magazine” – November 2015
Ingredients
Baci di Dama
100gms– ½ cup granulated sugar
100gms– 7 tbsp buttercold
100gms– ¾ cup spelt flour
100gms– ¾ cup hazelnut meal
1pinchbaking powder
1pinchsalt
Raspberry Chocolate Ganache
30gms– 2 tbsp granulated sugar
100gms– 3.5 oz. dark chocolate
200gms– 7 oz. raspberries
1tsplemon juice
Instructions
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.
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.
Bake in a preheated oven at 160°C – 320°F for 15 minutes. When ready, let the cookies cool down.
In the meantime, chop the chocolate and keep it in a bowl.
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.
Use the raspberry sauce to melt the dark chocolate. Let it cool until it thickens.
Then sandwich the cookies together with some raspberry chocolate ganache.