easy Makes 20 60 minutes These beautiful little hazelnut biscuits are famous all over Italy, often packaged in beautiful tins and boxes for giving as gifts around Christmas. They are, however, …
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Italian Cookies (Baci di Dama) Italian Cookies (Baci di Dama) are made with two melt-in-your-mouth hazelnut cookies held together with some good dark chocolate.
Spread a small spoonful of chocolate on half the cooled biscuits. Leave to set for 15 mins then sandwich the remaining biscuits on top. Leave the baci di dama to set completely (put them in the fridge if the kitchen is warm).
I also find it goes faster if you line the cookies up, side-by-side, bottom side up, and pipe spoon chocolate on one side of a number of them at a time, then sandwich them together, then doing another batch, until they’re all filled.) Once filled, set the Baci di Dama sideways on a wire cooling rack until the chocolate is firm.
Once filled, set the Baci di Dama sideways on a wire cooling rack until the chocolate is firm. Storage: The cookies will keep in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week. Visit Terresa at her site, La Cucina di Terresa, which focusing on vegetarian cooking classes and natural wine tastings in Paris, and follow her on Facebook.