Ricciarelli – Sienese almond biscuits – Organic Tuscany Cookbook

Ingredients

• 50g (just under half a cup) 00 flour (or all-purpose flour)
• Half a small pack (8g or 1½ teaspoonfuls) of natural baking powder
• 2 large (or 3 small) egg whites
• 4 teaspoons (about 20 grams) water
• 320g (granulated sugar – 280g (1 ? cups), then 50g (¼ cup)
• Finely grated zest of one untreated lemon
• 1 large rectangle of rice paper for biscuits (around 21×30 cm / 18×12 in)
• 400g (3 cups) peeled whole almonds
• 1 teaspoon of extract of bitter almonds (optional – only if you can find it…)
• 60g (½ cup) powdered sugar and more for dusting (around 30g – ¼ cup)