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Dark Chocolate Orange and Pistachio Biscuits

August 16, 2017 By All That I'm Eating 16 Comments

I do love the expression ‘fart-arsing around’. When it came to making and decorating these dark chocolate orange and pistachio biscuits I wasn’t going to be fart-arsing around with any of it. An all in one biscuit dough means it’s easy to mix and haphazard throwing around of melted chocolate makes the decoration a breeze. No dunking of biscuits in chocolate for the perfect edge, no placing of individual caramelised pistachios with tweezers and you know what? I think they taste all the better for it.

Decorating chocolate pistachio biscuits

Ingredients

To make around 16 biscuits:

For the biscuits:

  • 225g butter, softened
  • 50g dark chocolate with orange, grated
  • 275g plain flour
  • 75g light muscovado sugar

To decorate:

  • 50g dark chocolate with orange
  • Small handful shelled pistachios

Method

Throw all the ingredients for the biscuits into a mixer and beat until you have a smooth dough. You can do this by hand if you don’t have a mixer. Whichever way you do it you need to make sure the butter is very soft.

Preheat an oven to 200C. Lightly grease two baking trays.

Flour your worktop and a rolling pin then tip the dough onto the floured surface and roll it out until it’s about half a centimetre thick.

Using a seven inch biscuit cutter cut out as many biscuits as you can and place onto the prepared trays. Gather up and re-roll the dough to cut again and repeat until all the dough is used up.

Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden.

Leave to cool slightly before transferring to a wire rack.

Melt the chocolate; either in a bowl over simmering water (being careful not to let the bowl touch the water) or microwave, whichever is your preference.

Blend the pistachios in a food processor or finely chop them.

Spread, dunk, drizzle and brush the chocolate over the biscuits whichever way you wish and then while the chocolate is still melted sprinkle over the pistachio nuts so they stick.

Dark Chocolate Orange and Pistachio Biscuits

I really like how the biscuits have a speckled effect through them thanks to the grated chocolate. It also means that if you get a bit impatient with the grating, not naming any names *ahem*, then the larger chocolate chunks are a lovely little treat. The orange is really subtle in these but I like that as it lends a delicate rather than overpowering flavour, you could add a little grated orange zest if you wanted to. Green pistachios are always nice to look at; they stand out really nicely against the dark chocolate background and give a fantastic extra texture. These dark chocolate orange and pistachio biscuits are so simple to make and, I can only speak for three days so far, keep very well in an airtight container.

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Filed Under: August, Baking, Biscuit, Butter, Chocolate, Dairy & Eggs, Nuts & Seeds, Recipes By Month, Seasons, Shortbread, Store Cupboard, Summer Tagged With: Baking, Chocolate

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Comments

  1. Ruby & Cake says

    August 16, 2017 at 10:51

    These look and sound delightful! I especially love that they arent fussy 🙂

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  2. angiesrecipes says

    August 16, 2017 at 12:13

    225 grams of butter for 100 g of flour? wow…these cookies must be heavenly!

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  3. Alida says

    August 16, 2017 at 14:12

    I am really tempted by your biscuits. What a fab combo chocolate and pistachios. Lovely recipe.

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  4. John/Kitchen Riffs says

    August 16, 2017 at 14:31

    Easy and tasty, that’s what I want in a biscuit. Good stuff — thanks.

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  5. Evelyne CulturEatz says

    August 16, 2017 at 17:03

    I made similar cookies years ago, minus the pistachio and fart-arsing lol. they look awesome.

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  6. grace says

    August 17, 2017 at 12:23

    orange and chocolate isn’t a combination i’ve had very often but it does sound lovely! i’m definitely with you on the anti-fart-arsing around–i have no time for perfection thanks to my 2-month old! 😉

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  7. david says

    August 18, 2017 at 17:12

    I definitely love the idea of a 7 inch cookie cutter! That is my kind of cookie, Caroline! Seriously, though, this does sound like a perfect cookie and I look forward to making them!

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  8. The-FoodTrotter says

    August 19, 2017 at 09:31

    I love the way it’s made, it’s very cute and arty. I must try your recipe 🙂

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  9. Monica says

    August 20, 2017 at 15:45

    These have some of my very favorite flavors. It’s got to be amazing! : )

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  10. David | Spiced says

    August 21, 2017 at 12:23

    Haha! I’m not sure I’m familiar with the term ‘fart-arsing around,’ but now I want to make sure I use it in conversation sometime today. I also want to make a batch of these biscuits…they sound and look delicious!!

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  11. Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen says

    August 22, 2017 at 09:41

    Wow! These melt in mouth orange pistachio cookies look wonderful. And I am loving the addition of chocolate here. And how fun and easy they are.

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  12. Marcelle/A Little Fish in the Kitchen says

    August 22, 2017 at 15:23

    Yum, what a great flavor combination you have here! They turned out really pretty too, Caroline!!

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  13. Marcelle/A Little Fish in the Kitchen says

    August 22, 2017 at 15:30

    What a wonderful flavor combination with the orange, chocolate and pistachios 🙂 They turned out looking very pretty too!!

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  14. Emma | Bake Then Eat says

    August 23, 2017 at 11:02

    I love an easy decorating solution, like you fart-arsing about decorating is just not my thing. I’m a big believer in using the word ‘rustic, around my decorating attempts….lol. These cooking sound and look all the more wonderful for it.

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  15. Jem at Lost in Utensils says

    August 25, 2017 at 07:08

    What a yummy combination of flavours. They also look awesome 🙂

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  16. Sammie says

    August 27, 2017 at 07:56

    These look amaze! Anything chocolate orange gets my vote and this is my kind of decorating! I’m definitely going to have to give these a go!

    Reply

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