BISCOTTI

What is BISCOTTI ??

  

"Biscotti" is the plural form of biscotto. The word originates from the medieval Latin word biscoctus, meaning "twice-cooked." It defined oven baked goods that were baked twice, so they were very dry and could be stored for long periods of time. Such nonperishable food was particularly useful during journeys and wars, and twice baked breads were a staple food of the Roman Legions.(Wikipedia)

When you browse for biscotti recipe you will find many varieties (chocolate, vanilla, green tea, with different kind nuts, chocolate chips or dry fruit) but in general you will find 2 type of biscotti. One is biscotti that has no oil/butter/margarine, this type is the original Italian recipe. The other is biscotti with butter/oil/margarine that usually comes from American recipe. But no matter what the variation are, biscotti always have unique thick oval shape. Because biscotti is thick and quite hard, people usually dunk it to liquid to softened it, that is why biscotti is a perfect cookie for coffee.

How about Malka Biscotti? Malka Kicthen has modified biscotti that are suitable for anyone, anytime, anywhere. Unlike its original shape that are thick, Malka biscotti are quite thin so you can bite them easily. Eventhough they are thin, our biscottti are sturdy enough so children can hold it without crumbling (our kids 5 and 2 years old love them). Our biscotti are also low-fat, for your information, cookies (like nastar, putri salju, kastengel) have a high ratio of fat (butter/margarine/oil), usually 1:1 (it means 100gr flour for 100gr butter), our biscotti has 5:1 ratio (100 gr flour for 20 gr butter). Our biscotti also full of flavours, besides the flavour of the base cookies we also add at least 3 different filling (cashew, canary, chocochips, whitechips) for texture, nutrition and of course flavor. So, if you need a good cookie, try our biscotti, if you love coffee, our biscotti is perfect companion, if you have kids or on diet, our biscotti is a perfect snack.