These Dried Shitake Mushroom and Apricot Biscotti were created specifically for Delheim.
Today’s inspirational recipe from Lavender and Lime ♥ Dried Shitake Mushroom and Apricot Biscotti ♥ #LavenderAndLime Share on X
I must have tested ten biscotti recipes, and each and every one has been different in some way but all have had the same results! They have not worked. So, when I was at lunch at Delheim for the mushroom day and we were presented with a chocolate mushroom cookie for dessert I knew the mushrooms would work much better in a biscotti. I told Nora this, and she promptly told me to go and make them. So, I had a great idea, but I did not have a great recipe. Trusting Sue when she said her recipe was so easy to make and that they worked, I risked all and used it. Knowing that baking is part chemistry and part instinct, I adapted the recipe to suit the dried mushrooms. The first part of the test was actually making them and the second part was taste testing them. I took them with to quiz night, and the 4 people who had one all said how great they were. Chantelle came around for morning coffee, and she left this comment on Delheim’s facebook wall:
These are AWESOME!! I had the pleasure of having one with my morning coffee!!!!
Dave (who enjoyed them by the way) took them to the racetrack, and the result was good. But the proof would really be when Nora herself made them. This is what she had to say:
Hi Tandy
Just finished my biscotti!!! Even Rudi my son tried some – he does not like the idea that there are mushrooms in but they smelled so nice he had to try.
I used a field mushroom I picked in the mountain yesterday and it weighed exactly 99.50 gm… think the recipe was made for it.
Thanks for taking the trouble to share it with me – I am passing it on to a friend in Italy if this is ok with you.
Regards Nora
So, I hope you give them a try – and if you don’t want to try mushrooms do what I did for my second batch and use pistachios and dried sour cherries, or use your imagination and go wild!
Dried Shitake Mushroom And Apricot Biscotti
Ingredients
- 50 g butter
- 225 g flour plus a little extra for dusting
- 150 g castor sugar
- 1 pinch fine salt
- 2.5 mls baking powder
- 100 g dried mushrooms
- 75 g dried apricots, sliced
- 2 eggs
- 5 mls vanilla extract
Method
- preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
- melt the butter in the microwave and cool slightly
- sieve the flour, sugar, salt and baking powder into a large bowl
- add the mushrooms and the apricots and mix in well
- in a small bowl whisk together one of the eggs and the yolk of the second egg, the vanilla extract and the butter
- retain the second egg white and whisk slightly to break it up in case you need it to bring the dough together
- make a well in the middle of the dry ingredients and pour the egg and butter mix into it
- stir until it forms a dough, you might need to add some or all of the left over egg white to achieve this
- divide the dough into 2 equal pieces
- very lightly dust a work surface with a little flour and shape into 2 logs, each about 20cm long
- cover a large baking sheet with non-stick baking paper and place the logs on it leaving plenty of space between them
- bake for 40 minutes until golden brown and firm to the touch
- remove from the oven and cool for 20 minutes
- using a sharp knife slice the biscotti logs on the diagonal into slices and arrange standing up in a single layer on the baking sheet
- return to the oven for 20 minutes to allow them to crisp up
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If I were to make them again I would substitute the vanilla essence for truffle oil and I would add half a teaspoon of finely ground star anise.
Well done Tandy! I LOVE mushroom so will definitely give this a try.
Have a great weekend.
🙂 Mandy
thanks Mandy – these were surprisingly good!
It sure sounds strange, I will have to try this. Friday greets to Dave and I can’t wait for next Friday 🙂
Friday greets back and me too!
How unusual, how exciting!
it was exciting 🙂
hi Tandy
actually took the biscottis along on the Otter Trail and had them for tea on top of a ridge overlooking the ocean on day 3 , with whales along side and it was the best treat ever. Thanks for sharing the recipe – it was the first time I ever made biscotti and certainly wont be the last – really really special. Thanks Nora
that is so special Nora – I hope you enjoyed the Otter Trail – it sounds like bliss 🙂
Very different. Quite interesting. 🙂
they were very tasty!
Wow, mushroom biscotti? Interesting!
they are really good!
I took a double take when I saw the title…sounds very interesting…I think I might have to try them
please let me know if you do 🙂
Intersting combo, it’s the addition of sugar that gives it a twist! A bit of sweetness. I make a delicious stuffing for a pork roll made of apricots,mushrooms,prunes and pine nuts, so I know mushrooms and apricots go together, but use the sweetness of plump apricots. I’d serve these biscuits with a beautiful creamy cheese, I am a savoury girl though! Wonderful idea!
that is such a great combination of flavours 🙂