Chocolate Biscotti (no Butter)

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 pinch salt
• 130 g sugar
• 150 g flour
• 50 g fine cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 100 g chopped nuts (hazelnuts or pecans are my favourites)
• 100 g good quality dark chocolate, chopped

Recipe

• 1 cream together the eggs with a pinch of sugar until frothy using an electric mixer.
• 2 spoon in the sugar little by little to make a pale yellow batter.
• 3 sift together flour, cocoa and baking powder; fold carefully into the egg mixture.
• 4 fold in nuts and chocolate.
• 5 chill for about 20 minutes.
• 6 flour hands and divide the dough into two.
• 7 form into logs in the length of an oven tray.
• 8 bake for 5 minutes in a 175°c (350°f) oven.
• 9 lower the temperature to 150°c (300°f) and bake for 15 minutes.
• 10 cut into pieces about ½-inch.
• 11 dry them in the oven for 15 minutes.
• 12 when cool, store in an airtight tin.