INGREDIENTS

INSTRUCTIONS

If you cannot buy nuts already ground, then grind them in a food processor,
taking care not to overprocess them or they will turn oily; you can also
process them with the sugar to prevent them from turning oily.
(Note if you are working with whole hazelnuts, toast them first in a 400
degree oven, rub off skins, let cool and then grind.)
Combine the nuts with the butter, sugar and flour; you will have to combine
this dough with your hands; if a bit too dry, add drops of lemon juice or
rum. Form dough into a roll 1 1 /4inches thick. Refrigerate overnight in
waxed paper or parchment.
Following day preheat the oven to 350 degrees. cut dough into 1/4inch
slices and bake on an ungreased cookie sheet for 15 minutes or until
golden. Remove from oven and cool cookies on a rack.
When cooled to room temperature, sandwich two cookies together with
raspberry jam and spread some of the chocolate icing (see below) over the
top cookie. For a pretty presentation, set them in fluted paper cups.
Yield: 2 dozen
CHOCOLATE ICING
Melt chocolate with water and sugar. When melted, add instant coffee and
cook over very low heat for 5 minutes. Turn heat off, add butter and let
icing cool to room temperature. (Don't let it get too firm or it will be
hard to spread over cookies.)
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
Copyright, 1997, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights Reserved
Recipe by: TVFN: COOKING MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW #MF6757 Posted to MC-Recipe
Digest V1 #623 by 4paws@netrax.net (Shermeyer-Gail) on May 29, 1997

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