You will need

  • 160g blanched hazelnuts
  • 80g chilled butter (or dairy free alternative)
  • 140g caster sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 60ml milk (or dairy free alternative)
  • 220g plain flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 80g white chocolate chips

Method

Begin by preheating the oven to 180C. Scatter the hazelnuts onto a baking tray and place them into the oven to toast for 10 minutes.

Keep the oven on and allow the hazelnuts to cool for a few minutes before placing 60g of them into a blender. Blend until fine crumbs form. Roughly chop the remaining 100g.

Next in a large bowl add the butter and sugar and cream together with a hand or electric whisk. Add the vanilla extract and milk and whisk again until combined.

Add the ground hazelnuts, flour and baking powder and combine before folding through the chopped hazelnuts. The mixture should have come together to form a dough.

Line a baking tray with parchment paper and place the dough onto it. Use your hands to form it into a long log that is pretty much the length of the tray.

Bake in the oven for 20 minutes before leaving to cool. Then slice into biscotti and place back into the oven for 8 minutes. Turn them over and bake for a further 8 minutes.

Melt the white chocolate chips in 30 second increments stirring each time until the chips are completely melted. Pour the melted chocolate into a piping bag or simply use a spoon to drizzle white chocolate over all the biscotti. Top with any leftover chopped hazelnuts.