Italian
Silvia’s Masterclass
From
Silvia’s Masterclass
season
1
Lemon and Almond Twice Baked Tuscan Biscotti
With
Silvia Colloca
Ingredients
3 eggs
2 egg yolks
350 g caster sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla paste or extract
450 g Mulino Caputo self-raising flour, sifted
1 tbs baking powder
1 tbs extra virgin olive oil
pinch of salt flakes
finely grated zest of 2 lemons
200 g blanched almonds
Method
Preheat your oven to 190°C (170°C fan-forced) and line a large baking tray with baking paper.
Place the eggs, egg yolks, sugar, pinch of salt and vanilla in a mixing bowl and beat until pale and creamy. Add the flour, baking powder, oil, salt and lemon zest and then the nuts. Shape the dough with floured hands to form two logs. Place the logs on the prepared tray, spaced well apart to allow for spreading, and
bake for 25–30 minutes or until well risen and pale golden.
Remove from the oven and cool at room temperature for 3–5 minutes, then cut them on an angle into 1–1.5 cm thick slices. Make sure you use a very sharp serrated knife to ensure neat slices. You will notice than the inside of the biscuits are still a little wet – this is fine.
Arrange the slices on the lined tray and return to the oven for 5 minutes. Turn them over and toast for a
further 15 minutes or until crisp and golden. Cool at room temperature, then serve with gelato, coffee or your
favourite dessert wine. Any leftover tozzetti will keep in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
Silvia Colloca
Silvia Colloca is an Italian-born food writer, opera singer, TV producer and host. She has authored seven cookbooks, including Silvia’s Cucina, Made in Italy, La Dolce Vita, Love, Laugh, Bake!, Simple Italian (2024), and The Italian Homecook (2025), all published by Penguin.
Silvia’s most recent television work is Silvia’s Italian Masterclass (Channel 10), with its latest season airing in October 2025. The series is currently funding for Season 4. She has also appeared as a special guest on SBS’s Mastermind in 2025. Her earlier TV credits include the SBS Food series Cook Like an Italian, which has screened internationally across three seasons, as well as Made in Italy with Silvia Colloca (SBS), filmed on location in the Le Marche and Abruzzo regions and earning her a 2015 TV WEEK Logie Award nomination for Best New Talent. She also co-wrote, co-produced and hosted the ABC prime-time series Silvia’s Italian Table in 2016.
Outside of food and television, Silvia has enjoyed a career as a celebrated opera singer and actress. In 2022, she released her debut solo classical album with Universal Music, which topped the Classical Charts for over 20 weeks. That same year, she performed with Andrea Bocelli at his Sydney concert, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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