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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Boil 2 cups of water add it to the bowl of pistachios and allow to blanch; drain the pistachios and rub them between a kitchen towel to peel off the skin. | 2. In a food processor blend together pistachios, milk eggs and sugar to form a thick paste. | 3. Cook over a double boiler whisking continuously till the custard thicken. | 4. Strain through a fine mesh. | 5. Fold in half the whipped cream a little at a time to make the custard nice and airy. | 6. Freeze. | 7. For the biscotti beat together the sugar and butter till fluffy (in a machine or with hand blender with whisk attachment). | 8. Add one egg at a time to make a smooth mixture. | 9. Sift the flour and add slowly to the egg and sugar mixture. | 10. Make a smooth dough. | 11. At this point, make the dough into small balls (24) and roll out into cigar shapes 1/4 of a inch thick. | 12. Place onto a baking sheet and press with your hand and flatten; sprinkle with almond slivers. | 13. Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes and remove from the oven. Allow to cool completely. Reduce oven temp to 275°F and bake again for 10 minutes till the cookie hardens. Allow to cool and store in a cool dry place in a air-tight container. | 14. Serve in a wine glass with 100 ml ice cream, 2 almond biscotti and a dollop of whipped cream on top. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
pistachio	1 1/4	1/4	peeled	861.0	41.7739	30.996	69.6795
milk	2 1/2	cups		372.1	29.158	19.215	19.947
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
heavy cream	2	cups		816.0	6.5760000000000005	6.816	86.59200000000001
vanilla extract	1	teaspoon		12.095999999999998	0.5313	0.0025	0.0025
butter	1/2	cup	sweet	684.0	31.428	21.372	57.6
sugar	1	cup		805.98	201.59599999999998	0.0	0.0
lemon zest	1			-	-	-	-
egg	3			214.5	1.08	18.84	14.265
milk	1/2	cup		372.1	29.158	19.215	19.947
flour	2	cups		1156.56	253.2108	18.802	4.4872
baking powder	1	teaspoon		2.438	1.2742	0.0	0.0
almond	2	cups	slivered toasted	3854.24	0.0	0.0	436.0

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