Ingredients
- Premium White Bread Mix 5 x 500g
- Wrights Premium White Bread Mix 500g
- Chopped Almonds 80g
- Sugar 150g
- Butter 100g
- Ground Almonds 150g
- Egg 1 medium
- Almond Essence 1 teaspoon
- Warm Water 175 ml
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Italian Almond Rusks
- BAKE: 45m
- SERVES: 10
METHOD
- Using the ingredients indicated, make up a well developed dough. Rest for 5 minutes.
- Blend the almonds through the dough and divide into two.
- Form a sausage appoximately 30cm long with each piece and place on a well greased baking tray.
- Press lightly to form a D against the tray.
- Cover with a damp tea towel; lightly oiled plastic or polythene and prove in a warm place for 45 – 55 minutes.
- Remove the cover before baking
- Brush the top with milk then bake in a preheated oven at 190°C, 375°F, gas mark 5 for 45 minutes until golden brown.
- Remove from tin and place on a cooling wire and cool completely.
- Wrap in a clean tea towel and leave for 3 hours before slicing, using a very sharp knife, into 12mm slices.
- Lay the slices well spaced apart on a baking tray and dry in a warm place or oven at a very low temperature until crisp.
- To give extra colour, when dried lightly toast on each side under a grill.
- Allow to cool completely before storing in an airtight tin to maintain crispness.
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Deb's Tips
These biscuits are ideally served with a sweet dessert wine to finish off a meal.