Fig and Fennel Spice Biscotti

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These fragrant biscotti were inspired by panforte, a dense, spicy Christmas effect torte that is simply a specialty of Siena. The dough is affluent with spices, toasted hazelnuts and chopped dried figs, and the finished cookies are made adjacent much festive with a drizzle of saccharine orange-flavored icing.

The biscotti volition support for a week successful an airtight instrumentality stored astatine country temperature.

From cookbook writer and nutrient writer Domenica Marchetti.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 50 pieces

1 tablespoonful rootlike oil, positive much arsenic needed
2 cups flour, positive much arsenic needed
3/4 cupful granulated sugar
2 teaspoons crushed toasted fennel effect (see NOTES)
1 spoon baking powder
1/4 spoon salt
1/2 spoon crushed cinnamon
1/4 spoon crushed cloves
1/4 spoon crushed cardamom
Finely grated zest of 1 orange
1 cupful toasted, skinned hazelnuts (see NOTES)
1/2 cupful finely chopped dried Calimyrna figs
1/4 cupful extra-virgin olive oil
3 ample eggs, 1 separated into achromatic and yolk
1 ounce bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped oregon shaved connected the ample holes of a container grater
1/2 cupful confectioners' sugar
1 tablespoonful caller orangish juice
A fewer drops of half-and-half oregon milk

Nutritional Facts

Per piece

Calories
70
Fat
4 g
Saturated Fat
1 g
Carbohydrates
10 g
Sodium
15 mg
Cholesterol
10 mg
Protein
1 g
Sugar
5 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From cookbook writer and nutrient writer Domenica Marchetti.

Tested by Domenica Marchetti and Susan Liebenow.

Published December 2, 2014

Updated March 15, 2026