Biscotti & Other Cookies
About Biscotti
Biscotti are
twice-cooked. The goal may have been long keeping, but the side effect is
uniquely crunchy.
Simple Biscotti, Some for Dipping | Ossa dei Morti and Similar | Chewy Biscotti, Nougat, Macaroons, and Almond Paste (Pasta Reale) |Stuffed Ravioli and Similar
Simple Biscotti, Some for Dipping
Adriana's Sicilian Almond Cookies
Tasty coffee-laced almond cookies!
Difficulty: Easy
Almond Biscotti: Biscottini alla
Mandorla
Stuart Borken's tasty almondy treats for the end of
the meal -- assuming they last that long.
Difficulty: Easy
Anise Cookies: Anicini
Delicate Anise-flavored biscotti.
Difficulty: Moderate
Anise-laced Christmas Cookies:
Imbragioni
These are from the Isle of Veglia, in Dalmatia, and
were usually dipped into either Vinsanto, Prosecco, or Marsala.
Difficulty:
Easy
Biscotti with Pine Nuts: Biscotti Con
Pinoli
Almond cookies covered with pine nuts.
Difficulty:
Easy
Cornetti & Brioches!
What
could be better for breakfast?
Difficulty: Intermediate -
Advanced
Bruscandole
A rustic Piemontese
sweet made with toast, sugar, spices, and wine.
Difficulty: Easy
Chitellini
Tasty almond-laced
Sicilian bar cookies.
Difficulty: Easy
Cleila's Cookies!
A pair of
simple recipes from Daughter Clelia's daycare: A chilled cookie crumb roll, and
lemony baked cookies.
Difficulty: Easy
Crunchy Biscotti: Biscotti
Croccanti
Artusi's Crunchy cookies.
Difficulty:
Easy
Dalmatian Ring Cookies: Buzzolai
These are an essential part of every festivity in Dalmatia.
Difficulty: Intermediate.
Expulsions: Sfratti
Honey-and-walnut biscotti for Rosh Hashanah.
Difficulty:
Easy
Haroset
The Passover sweet that
symbolizes the labors of slavery has many versions. This is from Padova.
Difficulty: Easy
Healthy Cookies: Biscotti della
Salute
Healthy cookies.
Difficulty: Easy
Homemade Cookies: Biscotti
Casalinghi
Quick, easy cookies from an after school program.
Difficulty: Easy
Majatiche ccu Meme 'I Ficu (Fritters with Fig
Honey) and Mustazzuoli
A pair of tasty Calabrian treats, one a
fritter and the other a fennel-laced cookie.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
Mandelbroit
Wonderful dipping
cookies that invoke memories of simpler times.
Difficulty:
Moderate
Milanese Biscotti: Biscottini di
Milano
Simple lemony cookies that you'll have to make more
of.
Difficulty: Easy
Mostaccioli
Traditional Tuscan
cookies made from bread dough sweetened with grape must or honey.
Difficulty: Moderate
Pasticciotti Casalinghi
Tasty
holiday cookies filled with jam.
Difficulty: Moderate
Savoiardi
The Italian
equivalent of ladyfingers, and vital in tiramisu.
Difficulty:
Moderate
Simple Cookies: Biscotti Semplici
Simple Italian cookies.
Difficulty: Easy
Sumsusm Cookies: Biscotti Sumsum
Sesame seed cookies for breaking the Fast of Yom Kippur.
Difficulty:
Easy
Sweet Rings with Frosting: Ginetti
Hard Calabrian anise-flavored cookies with lemon icing.
Difficulty:
Moderate
White and Black Truffles: Tartufi Dolci Bianchi
e Neri
Truffles are usually savory, but not when made of
chocolate.
Difficulty: Easy
Bones of the Dead: Ossa dei
Morti
Sweets for The Day of the Dead, from Ancient Rome. About
them and Artusi's recipe for them.
Difficulty: Moderate
Ossa di Morto (Ossa da Mordere)
Piemontese Bones of the Dead, with hazelnuts and almonds left whole.
Difficulty: Moderate
Uosse de Mort o Finocchietti
Basilicatan Bones of the Dead, richly laced with anise seed and fennel.
Difficulty: Moderate
Ossa di Mortu
Sicilian Bones
of the Dead, lavishly sweet and flavored with cloves.
Difficulty:
Moderate
Fave Livornesi o Ossa di Morto
Tuscan Bones of the Dead, laced with orange.
Difficulty:
Moderate
Fave dei Morti
Lombard Bones
of the Dead, with lemon and cinnamon.
Difficulty: Moderate
Ossa da Morto
Veronese Bones
of the Dead, made with polenta.
Difficulty:
Fave Dolci
Roman Bones, made
with almond paste and lemon.
Difficulty: Moderate
Catalani
Sicilian cookies made
for the Day of the Dead.
Difficulty: Moderate
Tatù and Catalani
Sicilian cookies for the Day of the Dead; the former with chocolate and the
latter sweet and almondy.
Difficulty: Moderate
TortaDolce's Tatù
A
tasty home version of Tatù, Sicilian cookies, kindly contributed to the
forum.
Difficulty: Moderate
Chewy Biscotti, Nougat, Macaroons, and Almond Paste (Pasta Reale)
Almond Paste: Pasta di Mandorle
Almond paste makes delightful cookies, and also serves as icing in some
cakes. Here's the recipe if you cannot find it ready made.
Difficulty:
Advanced
Almond Paste Cookies: Paste Reali
Rich, elegant Neapolitan almond cookies for Christmas Eve.
Difficulty:
Easy
Cavallucci
Sienese
Anise-flavored cookies -- very tasty dipped in wine!
Difficulty:
Moderate
Chestnut Cookies: Biscottini di
Marroni
Chestnut macaroons.
Difficulty: Easy
Chewy Cookies: Biscotti Teneri
Chewey cookies. This is originally from Artusi, but has been reproposed many
times since then.
Difficulty: Moderate
Cubbaita
An Arab precursor of
nougat, made with honey, sesame seeds, and almonds.
Difficulty:
Moderate
Easter Lambs and Almond Paste: Agnellini
Pasquali & Sicilian Pasta Reale
Sicilians make several
kinds of Easter lambs, the most glorious of which are made from Pasta reale,
the almond paste made in Noble houses. Several recipes, and an explanation of
how to make the almond paste. Scuplting and painting it? Practice and talent.
Difficulty: Advanced
Nougat: Torrone
Otherwise
known as nougat, it's a classic Christmas treat made from almonds, honey, and
egg whites.
Difficulty: Moderate-Intermediate
Nougat with Almonds and Oranges: Torrone con
Mandorle e Arance
Another Sicilian variation on nougat, with
lots of candied orange peel.
Difficulty: Moderate
Nun's Sighs: Suspiru di Monaca
Delicate hazelnut macaroons.
Difficulty: Moderate
Ricciarelli
Delightful Sienese
Christmas almond cookies laced with orange.
Difficulty: Moderate
Soft Amaretti: Amaretti Teneri
Extraordinarily tender, chewy almond cookies from Piemonte.
Difficulty:
Moderate
White Nougat: Torrone Bianco
A
Sicilian variety of nougat with pistachios as well as almonds.
Difficulty:
Moderate-Intermediate
Cassadetti con la Ricotta
Smaller variations on the classic Cassata alla Siciliana, a sumptuous dessert
made with pan di spagna and a rich ricotta-based filling (it's here too).
Difficulty: Moderate
Ricotta-filled Fiadoni: Fiadoni di
Ricotta
Ricotta-filled cookeies to close a feast, from the
Abruzzo Region.
Difficulty: Moderate
Strawberry Puff Pastries: Fagottini con Crema di
Amaretti e Fragole
Puff pastries filled with steawberries and
ground amaretti.
Difficulty: Moderate
Sweet Figgy Cookies: Cosi Duci di
Ficu
Sicilian Christmas cookies made with figs.
Difficulty: Moderate
Three Sweet Ricotta Filled Ravioli: Tre Ravioli
Dolci alla Ricotta
Three more ricotta filled raviolo-like
cookies, two from Lazio and the third from Calabria
Difficulty:
Moderate
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what you're looking for, please
ask!
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