Indulge in these biscuits this Autumn: Pappasini Recipe15
Ingredients
- 500g chopped walnuts
- 600g sultanas
- 150g sugar
- 200g water
- a pinch each of ground fennel, cinnamon and cloves
- 2 oranges rind grated
- 1 lemon rind grated
- plain flour, as much as required to bind the nuts and sultanas
- Optional – 1/3 of a cup of Vin Cotto (Wine Must)
Method:
Place the water with the sugar in a pot and bring to the boil, simmer for 5 mins.
Mix the nuts, sultanas, spices, lemon and orange grind together with the sugar and water mixture. Add small amounts of flour until the ingredients bind together, shaping them like a Christmas Tree.
If you like, add approximately a 1/3 of a cup of Vin Cotto (Wine Must) which makes the mixture darker, but will require additional flower to bind the mixture.
Bake in a moderate oven, approximately 160c for 20-30 mins.
Once cooled the biscuits can be decorated with icing sugar and a few drops of lemon juice, piped around the biscuits to resemble Christmas Tree decorations.
