Cantucci

These are the famous "Biscottini of Prato": typical biscuits of Tuscany. Traditionally Cantucci are served with Vin Santo!They are made of almonds!

INGREDIENTS (for 4 people)
250 g of Flour
200 g of Sugar
100 g of Skined almond
2 Eggs
1 Tablespoon of Yeast for sweet
1/2 Sachet of Vanilla essence (about 0,25 g)
A pinch of salt

PREPARATION TIME: 20 minutes

COOKING TIME: 1 hour and 20 minutes

WINE: Vin Santo

PREPARATION
In a bowl put the flour, the vanilla essence, the yeast, the sugar and a pinch of salt.

Mix all the ingredients and then place the mixture on a floured surface and pour in the middle 2 eggs.

Mix all until you obtain a solid and dry dough. Then add the almond and mix until the dough is homogeneous.

Now make 2 or 3 loafs of 5 cm width. Preheat the oven to 180° C. Dampen a sheet of a baking paper and put it on the bottom of a cake tin, put on it the loafs and bake for 40 minutes. Then let the sweet cool for 30 minutes.

Cut the loafs in slices of 1 cm thick. Bake for other 5 minutes. The Cantucci must be rusk and golden. Serve them with Vin Santo. This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!