Amaretti Alle Nocciole 🇮🇹 Hazelnut Amaretti ❤️ Food is my Love Language ❤️🌻 2024

Lay hazelnuts on a baking sheet and bake at 350°F for 10 minutes.

Allow hazelnuts to cool for about 15 minutes.

Rub the cooled hazelnuts in a tea towel to remove the skins.

Place the skinned hazelnuts in a small food processor and grind them.

In a mixing bowl, combine ground hazelnuts, cocoa, espresso, and vanilla bean extract until completely combined.

In a separate bowl, whisk the egg white (make sure it's at room temperature).

Gradually sprinkle in the granulated sugar while whisking the egg white.

Fold the egg white mixture into the hazelnut mixture.

Use a tablespoon scooper to scoop the dough and plop it into granulated sugar.

With fingers, form the dough into a ball no bigger than a walnut, using the sugar as a barrier.

Place the formed balls on a baking sheet and garnish each with a toasted hazelnut in the center.

Refrigerate the formed amaretti for 45 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 340°F.

Bake the amaretti in the preheated oven for 20 to 25 minutes, checking for doneness.

Allow the amaretti to cool before tasting.

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