Always looking for new recipes? Stop surfing the net and instead check if you have everything you need to prepare these rustic and fragrant jam and walnut filled biscuits.
Biscuits reminiscent of those our grandmothers used to keep inside the famous coloured tins, which filled the house with the scent of citrus fruits and flour as soon as you opened them.
We love breakfasts and snacks and we love to make them savouring the scents of our Calabria.
Notes of bergamot and caramelised symphonies of figs, these rustic biscuits are very light because they are made with oil and trace our region from north to south with some of its tastiest fruits.
Each bite will be a mixture of taste and joy.
Our friend Alessandra's recipe is very simple, just follow the step-by-step instructions and make these delicious, rustic and fragrant biscuits yourself!
Ingredients
- 320 g flour 00
- 1 egg
- 100 g sugar
- 60 ml oil
- 30 ml milk
- 1/2 sachet yeast
- bergamot marmalade
- walnuts
- cinnamon
- fig molasses
👉🏻 Baking: 20-23 minutes, 180 degrees, static oven.
Method
Beat the egg, sugar, oil and milk in a bowl, then add the flour a little at a time together with the baking powder. Once you have a nice smooth shortcrust pastry dough, wrap with clingfilm and refrigerate for at least an hour.
Divide the dough into two parts and create two 3 mm thick rectangles. They do not necessarily have to be the same, nor do they have to be perfect, the important thing is that they are smooth to prevent the jam from spilling out.
In the centre of each rectangle put a good amount of bergamot marmalade and spread it along the entire length. Then add cinnamon (to taste) and chopped walnuts.
Close the rectangles on themselves (strudel-like), seal the top and sides well and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Finally brush with milk and bake at 180 degrees, static oven, for 20 minutes.
When they start to turn golden, take them out of the oven and let them cool on a wire rack. Once they are cool, cut them into small slices about 3 cm thick, sprinkle the cut biscuits with icing sugar and decorate with a few teaspoons of fig molasses.
They will have a unique taste, it will be an olfactory journey along the coast of Calabria.