Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Glory Holes Of 30 Dallas

2.0 - almond biscuit with lemon and ginger






almond biscuits with lemon and ginger to Martha Stewart.
"If the first day of school thou wilt learn to read you begin with ABC ..."



sang Maria (Julie Andrews) in "The Sound of Music".

Cookies are for me the image of ABC of the kitchen. They are usually the first thing we learn From an early age how to cook because they are simple, fun to make and lend themselves to a thousand variations and elaborations. Examples are these almond cookies from Martha Stewart, greedy synthesis of old and new. The recipe comes from, in fact, from mobile phones "

Martha's Everyday Food
", and that's why the 2.0 in the title. This paperback cookbook offers a recipe of the day and hundreds of other recipes or quick for all occasions, from Halloween to bring cakes for guests of the feast of Christmas, New Year or a seasonal menu. Easy to use, unfortunately there is not an Italian version and Recipes Anglo-Saxon and then report the measurements to be reckoned with cups, tsp, tbsp, etc. ..
I then armed with vocabulary, a conversion table and a lot of patience but is worth it. The doses are about 3 dozen. 250 g flour 00 + roll out the dough for a few
150 g sugar
10 g bicarbonate
2 tablespoons grated lemon rind
1 g salt
* 250 g almonds
1 tablespoon ground ginger *
3 eggs
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
Sift flour and add the vanilla extract, baking soda, salt, ginger and lemon zest.
breaking eggs in a bowl and mix with the sugar. Add the flour and then the almonds.


Spread on a floured board and give the dough the shape of a sausage. " One can also divide into two parts considering that, thanks to baking soda, the mixture tends to swell during cooking.
Bake in oven at 180 degrees for about 30 min **
Remove from oven and cool on wire rack for 2 hours.
Cut biscuits with a sharp knife about 1 inch and 1 / 2 thick.
Place the biscuits on a baking sheet and cook for another 20 min ** about turning the other side halfway through cooking.
Notes:


* The recipe calls for almonds 280 g and 45 g of crystallized ginger
* * Not all ovens are the same, always check a two minutes before the cooking time.



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