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| Author: | Emilie [ Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Biscotti recipe with no salt? |
I'm in the process of making a chocolate-hazelnut biscotti recipe, and this is the one I'm using:http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2008/10/chocolate-hazelnut-biscotti-recipe.html. I've actually never made biscotti before (this is a holiday treat for my brother, who loves them), but when I was prepping the ingredients it jumped out at me that the recipe has no salt in it. Ordinarily I would assume that it's a typo, except I happen to have that cookbook, and there's no salt in the recipe in the book either. So obviously the recipe as made by the Serious Eats staffer is accurate. But I looked at at least a dozen biscotti recipes online and regardless of flavoring, they all have salt in them! So that got me wondering again. I guess I'll go ahead and make it as written, since I'm half-way through it already, but am curious if that would seem weird to anyone else... Emilie |
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| Author: | JesBelle [ Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:29 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Biscotti recipe with no salt? |
Maybe they expect that the nuts will have some salt? It does seem weird. |
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| Author: | Amy [ Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Biscotti recipe with no salt? |
The biscotti recipe I use all the time has no salt...it has two types of nuts (un-salted), and it's never felt like it was missing anything. Amy |
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| Author: | Darcie [ Sat Dec 03, 2011 10:17 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Biscotti recipe with no salt? |
My mom and I have an ongoing debate about salt in sweets/baked goods. She NEVER puts salt in any of her cookies, cakes, pies, etc. I put a little salt in almost everything just to give the flavor a little boost. I haven't taken the time to do side-by-side comparisons yet, so I don't know who's right on this one. |
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| Author: | Emilie [ Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:18 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Biscotti recipe with no salt? |
I tasted one a little while ago and it didn't seem to be lacking anything at all (and the nuts were unsalted). In fact it was really good. (Although I think I needed to bake them a little longer the second time -- they're crisp but definitely not as crunchy as typical.) The other biscotti recipes in that cookbook all call for kosher salt, so apparently it's intentional. Go figure! Emilie |
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| Author: | Amy [ Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Biscotti recipe with no salt? |
Go figure... fwiw, traditionally Tuscan's don't put salt in their bread. An influence in some biscotti recipes perhaps? Amy |
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