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Discover the Secrets of the traditional cookies organic food Venice Baking Recipes

From the enchanting Venetian lagoon on Adriatic Sea in Italy, when Venice was the center of trade with Asia from the 13th to the 19th century, organic baking traditions were born that are still practiced today by housewives and pastry chefs. Explorers and sailors carried foodstuffs on board merchant and war galleons to survive the long voyages in dangerous seas. Among them were the sweet, simple to make, in the name and flavor, reflected their Venetian origins. Not to mention that in those days, the only existing agriculture created organic food without pesticides or additives are used in foods other than mother nature.

The Queen of these, the most famous, is the cookie Organic called Baicoli Biscotti. " Created in the 1700s, the word "baicoli is Venetian dialect for sea bass. In fact, its oval-shaped and long slender shape is very similar to the bass that inhabit the lagoon. At that time, the bakers were supplied to coffee shops, or have been notified to the guest house, with custard cream, hot chocolate or tea. Others were served with a sweet desert wine Doge, the Venetian Moscato dei Doge.

Today it is considered a delicate light, but flavorful organic cookie to be enjoyed by all. In fact, almost all children in Venice today knows the poem in Venetian dialect, which boasts of the goodness Baicoli and the origins of Venice.

The lagoon is Burano, an island of fishermen, famous for its rows of brightly colored houses. From this small Island is the organic cookie "Bussola Buranello" which translated, means the compass of Burano. Again, the marine traditions date back centuries. Baked in a shape like a backwards "s" or shape of a circle, this cookie was a typical Easter treat, kneaded at home for women Burano, and then brought to the bakery to bake. The holidays are immersed in the holy wine "vin santo", or local whites. Packaging, were placed in half boxes of clothes to smell with the features of this delightful aroma of cookies.

Even today, considered a "cookie" organic genuine and nutrition, you can enjoy the same manner, or served to children.

Both organic cookies are easy to prepare food with simple ingredients organic. The recipes below:

Biscotti Baicoli –

Organic Food Ingredients: 1 ¾ cups flour, ¼ cup melted butter (Unsalted), ¼ cup sugar, 1 cup milk, half ounce of yeast

Dissolve the yeast in a little warm milk in a glass, then mixed with ¼ cup of flour. Form a ball and let stand, covered with a cloth in a warm place until doubled in volume (approx. 30 min).

Mix remaining ingredients, starting with the flour and sugar, melted butter, and finally, the warm milk. (You can also add some Freshy squeezed orange juice for more flavor) Add the yeast dough and knead it all together.

Leave the dough in the mixing bowl and place the bowl in a large pan of boiling water on the stove (off) for at least an hour.

Divide the dough into about 6 long, oval shapes, each about 3 inches wide. Bake for 10 minutes 300 ° and then increase the temperature to 430 ° until completely cooked (approx. 1 hour). Remove from the oven and let cool completely. Then thinly sliced 6 oval shapes in organic cookies and put them back in the oven to "toast" for about 20 minutes at 120 ° – 175 °.

Immersion in hot tea, coffee or hot chocolate. Or serve with custard cream or a sweet desert wine.

Buranello Bussola –

Feeding organic Ingredients: 6 egg yolks, 1 cup butter, softened at room temperature 1 cup sugar, 2 cups flour, a pinch of extract (chosen from, vanilla, lemon or anise, the tradition of the island), a pinch of salt.

In a workspace in the kitchen, build a volcano shape with the flour, and half create a crater that add the softened butter (not melted).

In a bowl, lightly beat eggs with sugar. Then add this to the butter and flour mixture and quickly mix / knead with hands.

Take the dough and create the desired cookie shapes (outline of a circle or backwards "S") and cook in oven at 350 degrees until done.

Modern versions add black chocolate chips, raisins, or substitution of a little white flour with coconut flour.

Serve these organic is at home with his usual array of organic foods or try them on your friends at its next meeting. Take your kitchen table, organic delight, pastry, which is centuries old, but I enjoyed every day by Venetians and tourists.

About the Author

By Heather Bettendorf – President, PRIMA Organic Cookies ( http://www.primaorganic.com ) – Offering gourmet organic cookies from Italy. Our unique cookie formulations and combinations include Natural Lemon, Italian Almond, Venetian Classic, and Sunny Vanilla.