Raffaella's Cookies
No matter how busy I've been, I've made a batch of these delicious cookies every week for the past month or so. I was given this recipe by a kind Italian lady called Raffaella. The first time I made them, they came out like bullets. Her recipe was very specific and my dodgy scales couldn't quite manage a precise measurement like 30 grams. I promptly went out and bought a fancy set of digital scales.
I can't help myself so I'm still working on perfecting the recipe. I've tried using icing sugar/I've added some cornflour/reduced the quantity of dry ingredients and in the end, I think Raffaella's version is the best.
Raffaella sandwiches her cookies with dark chocolate but I haven't convinced myself that chocolate icing wouldn't be a better option. With that in mind I have iced half the cookies and used dark chocolate for the rest and will do a taste test.
I'll let you know next week which cookie is the winner. I'll be back on Wednesday,
Bye for now,
Jillian
Edit - I forgot to let you know the winner. The plain dark chocolate filling is the best. I use a 45% cocoa content dark chocolate like Club or Old Gold for the filling. 70% cocoa is way too intense and not sweet enough to be used as a filling. I also coat both cookies before sandwiching them together so you get a double chocolate hit.
Just stumbled upon your blog... your photos are so lovely! And these cookies look delightful.
ReplyDeleteHi Jillian,
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if you would be kind enough to share the recipe here? thanks in advance :-)
Thanks for the compliments on my photos and the cookies. They are very more'ish I have to say.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately I didn't think to ask Raffaella for permission to publish her recipe when she gave it to me. Without her permission, I'm afraid I can't post her recipe. I'm sure you understand why,
Thx,
Jillian