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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Sieve together the Icing Sugar, Flour and Baking Power into a bowel, then mix in the Ground Almonds. | 2. In a separate bowl, add a couple of drops of almond extract to the egg whites and then whisk until stiff peaks form. | 3. Stir the stiffened egg whites into the dry mixture until a sticky 'dough' is formed. | 4. If you are trying the options, at this point add either a tablespoon of mixed orange/lemon peel OR the zest of half a lemon/orange OR a tablespoon of Rum, Brandy or Amaretto. | 5. Sprinkle a board with sifted Icing Sugar and take a desertspoon full of the dough, roll in the Icing Sugar and form into a ball. Flatten the ball a little with the back of a fork. Continue until all your dough is gone (the amount above should make 12-16 cookies). | 6. Line a baking sheet with greaseproof paper and place your dough balls on, taking care to leave space for 'spread' during cooking. | 7. Pop into an oven that's been preheated to Gas Mark 6 (200C, 390F) until golden brown. This should take approximately 10-12 minutes. | 8. Remove from oven and leave to cool completely. If you are intending to dip the cookies in chocolate, at this stage you should melt very good quality dark chocolate (70%+ cocoa solids) in a bowl over a pan of simmering water and dip the cooled cookies inches Return them to the tray and cool off in the fridge or a cool place until chocolate is set. | 9. Ricciarelli keep for a few weeks in an airtight container. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
egg white	2			34.32	0.4818	7.194	0.1122
almond	6	ounces	ground	1503.6571	0.0	0.0	170.097
plain flour	1	tablespoon		-	-	-	-
baking powder	1/2	teaspoon		1.219	0.6371	0.0	0.0
icing sugar	2	cups	Powdered	-	-	-	-
almond extract	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
brandy				-	-	-	-
orange zest	1/2			0.97	0.25	0.015	0.002
lemon peel	1	tablespoon		2.82	0.96	0.09	0.018000000000000002
dark chocolate	12	ounces		1891.4781	205.7833	18.8467	110.2228

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.