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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2017
Vanilla cookies for your Valentineʼs sweetheart
Traditional Valentine’s Day gift s include jewelry, fl owers and, of course, confections. While
Romeos might want to leave their Juliets’ jewelry and fl oral arrangements to the professionals,
those who want to personalize this year’s Valentine’s gift s can try whipping up a batch of cookies
for their special someone.
Th e following recipe for “Biscotti Ripieni (Vanilla Cookies with Chocolate Buttercream Filling)”
from Michael White’s “Fiamma: Th e Essence of Contemporary Italian Cooking” (Wiley) checks
all the boxes: It’s a dessert, it’s sweet and it includes chocolate. Th ose three things are sure to
delight any sweetheart with a sweet tooth this Valentine’s Day.
Biscotti Ripieni (Vanilla Cookies with Chocolate Buttercream Filling)
Makes about 18 fi lled cookies
1⁄2
6
1
cup sugar
ounces (11⁄2 sticks) unsalted butter
large egg
Grated zest of 1 navel orange
11⁄4 cups all-purpose fl our
1
teaspoon salt
Buttercream
1
large white egg
1⁄4 cup sugar
8
tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small cubes and soft ened
1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1⁄2
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cup bittersweet chocolate, chopped into small pieces
Preheat the oven to 325 F. Line a cookie sheet with parchment.
In a mixing bowl, cream the sugar and butter together until smooth. Stir in the egg and orange
zest, then add the fl our and salt, and stir together until smooth. You can also do this with an
electric mixer, if desired. Transfer the dough to a pastry bag fi tted with a medium-size plain tip,
about 1⁄2-inch wide, and pipe thin strips about 2 inches long onto the pan, leaving about 2 inches
between each strip. Bake in the lower one-third of the oven until lightly browned on the edges, 8
to 10 minutes. Remove with a spatula to a rack and let cool.
Meanwhile, prepare the buttercream:
Combine the egg white and sugar in the top of a double boiler or a metal bowl that fi ts over a pan
of simmering water. Th e bottom should not touch the water. Heat until the sugar is dissolved and
the mixture is slightly thickened, whisking continuously.
Immediately remove the bowl from the water and begin beating the mixture with a hand-held
electric mixer. Continue beating while slowly adding the butter. Beat until the mixture is room
temperature and thickened, about the consistency of a thick confectioners’ sugar-butter frosting,
10 to 15 minutes. About halfway through, the buttercream will look ugly. Keep beating; it will
become smooth and thick. Beat in the vanilla. Cover and refrigerate for 10 to 20 minutes.
To assemble, place half the cookies upside down (fl at side up) on a sheet pan and spread each with a thin layer of buttercream.
Top with the remaining cookies and refrigerate the tray until the buttercream sets, 10 to 15 minutes.
While the cookies are in the refrigerator, melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler set over simmering water, stirring until
smooth. Remove the inset and
cool the chocolate to room
temperature. Remove the
cookies from the refrigerator.
Holding each cookie by one
end, dip half of it in the melted
chocolate. Set it on a waxed
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