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ENGLISH VERSION'S FORWARD La recette en Français est vers le bas 'Se pensi alla strada che devi percorrere ti trovi tremendamente a disagio e la vita diventa troppo complicata. Se smetti di pensare e cominci invece a camminare, il tuo fardello si alleggerisce e inizi a intuire il tuo percorso, a scoprire una tua visione' Osho ' Cencio ' in dialetto toscano significa straccio e qui dalle mie parti, i cenci sono dei biscotti fritti, che vengon cucinati durante il periodo del Carnevale. Dolci simili son diffusi in tutta Italia, presentando leggere varianti nella ricetta. Si trovano in versione fritta, ma anche in quella cotta in forno, si trovano nei forni e nelle pasticcerie, e anche sui banchi dei supermercati. Il sapore però che ho nel mio patrimonio e nella memoria delle mie papille gustative è il sapore di quelli che faceva la mia nonna, erano croccanti, poco unti ed avevano un leggero aroma di limone. Non ho la sua ricetta ahimè, ma quella

Lemon Perfumed Olive Oil and Almonds Cookies


ENGLISH VERSION
This one is one of my Grandmother's recipes! I live in Tuscany and in my area 'Bruttiboni' are traditional. The original version is with almonds, butter and eggs, this version here is a humble one, without butter and eggs.
Considering that they contain no butter and just a few sugar, they're suitable for those who're on a diet!





Ingredients:

  • 250 gr white flour (I used Molino Rosignoli light blue pack, suitable for cakes), 
  • 100 gr sugar, 
  • 1/2 glass olive oil (I used the biodinamic one by La Maliosa), 
  • 1/4 glass VinSanto, 
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder , 
  • 1 egg, pinoli or almonds, 
  • lemon grated peel




It's very simple and fast: melt all ingredients together and shape small balls, then lay them on a baking tin and cook in pre-heat oven at 180°C for 15 minutes.
You'll notice the smell of lemon combined to olive flavour! I love them combined together!
For further infos about Biodinamic olive oil and farming, just have a look at Fattoria La Maliosa!




Well, my personal suggestion now, is about olive oil: if you want very special cookies, you MUST use a very good olive oil!
Otherwise flavor of cookies will be bad, specially when combined to high temperature such as oven and lemon flavor!
Then avoid too strong olive oils because they won't melt well with other flavors. I suggest to choose a mild one, with a light artichoke flavor that melt perfectly to the bitter one of almond.
At last, avoid all other olis such as corn, sunflower and so on, these cookies need only a good olive oil, that's it! This is the secret!
try them and let me know! ;-)










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