Italian almond biscuits (ricciarelli)

You can practically taste the Italian grandmotherly love in these gluten-free almond biscuits. Be sure to share them with the passion any good nonna would.

• makes

  16-18

• prep

  15 minutes

• cook

  10 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 300 g (3 cups) almond meal 
• 250 g caster sugar
• 2 egg whites
• finely grated zest of 1 lemon
• icing sugar, for dusting

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

2. Mix the almond meal and sugar in a large bowl. Add the egg whites and lemon zest and mix through to create a paste (using your hands is best here). Pinch off pieces of paste and shape into 3 cm x 4 cm rectangles (give or take!). Dust in the icing sugar to coat well, then place onto the lined tray, leaving room for spreading. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the cookies look slightly marked and the bottom is firm.

3. Cool on a rack. These biscuits keep for weeks in an airtight container, so you can double the ingredients if you like and make a bigger batch.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

Stream free On Demand

Episode 9

episode • Cook Like an Italian with Silvia Colloca • 

cooking • 

22m

G

episode • Cook Like an Italian with Silvia Colloca • 

cooking • 

22m

G