Recipe: Appetizing Baci di Dama (An Italian Dessert)

Baci di Dama (An Italian Dessert). Chocolate cream sandwiched between two round cookies, baci di dama are a dessert from the Piedmontese town of Tortona. The original recipe called for a dough made with flour, sugar, and chopped hazelnuts, though almonds gradually replaced the latter. These simple cookies are a very popular Italian treat, known as Baci di Dama or Lady Kisses.

Whenever I make these cookies they go in no time, I never have to worry about freezing any leftovers because there are none. Baci di Dama literally translates to lady's kisses and these light and delicate hazelnut morsels are one of Italy's famous cookies. Baci di dama are a sandwich cookie, consisting of two hazelnut cookies joined together by chocolate, representing the "kiss" in the name. You can cook Baci di Dama (An Italian Dessert) using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Baci di Dama (An Italian Dessert)

1. It's 60 grams of Plain flour.
2. It's 30 grams of Sugar.
3. You need 60 grams of Almond flour.
4. Prepare 60 grams of Butter.
5. You need 1/2 of a bar Milk chocolate.
6. It's 1/2 of a bar Bitter chocolate.
7. You need 5 grams of Cocoa powder.

Considered a standard of Italian confectionary, these are a common item at Italian bakeries throughout Italy and in Italian diaspora communities. Baci Di Dama are cute, little Italian cookies, made with almond meal and filled with chocolate. Leading up to it, I remembered the long list of dishes and treats we tried on our honeymoon last year, that I'd planned to recreate when we got home. Baci Di Dama was one such treat.

Baci di Dama (An Italian Dessert) step by step

1. Bring the butter to room temperature and put in a bowl. Cream with a spatula..
   
2. Add the flour, sugar, and almond flour a little at a time and knead until well incorporated..
   
3. Divide the dough into two equal batches. Put one batch in a separate bowl, add the cocoa powder, and evenly combine..
   
4. Make 18 balls of each flavor with your hands. Arrange on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Leave about 1 cm between each ball..
5. Bake in an oven at 170℃ for about 15 minutes. When the cookies are lightly browned, remove from the oven..
6. Put both the milk and bitter chocolate into a bowl, then melt in a double broiler. Spoon on some chocolate on the bottom (flat) side of one cookie, then sandwich it with another cookie..
7. Use the remaining chocolate as you like. You could also use just milk chocolate for the chocolate. It's up to you! And you're done!.

Stir the nuts occasionally whilst toasting to ensure an even finish. Baci di dama are cookies typical of Piedmont, the region I come from in the northwest of Italy, known for its sought-after DOP hazelnuts. Piedmont is also rich in other delicacies such as chocolate, the precious white truffles, and wines (Barolo, Barbera, Moscato D'Asti, Asti Spumante, etc). Italian Cookies (Baci di Dama) are made with two melt-in-your-mouth hazelnut cookies held together with some good dark chocolate. Italian cookies would make an excellent addition to the Christmas cookie platter!