From the enchanting Venetian Lagoon to the Adriatic Sea in Italy, when Venice was the Centre of trade with the countries of Asia from the 13th to 19th centuries, organic baking traditions was born, is still practiced today by housewives and pastry chef. Explorers and sailors performed foodstuffs on board the merchant and war galleons that would survive the long voyages in perilous seas. Among these was sweet treats, simple to do that in the name and taste, reflecting their Venetian origins. Not to mention that the only existing land use in these days, created the organic food; no pesticides or additives used in foods other than mother earth herself.
The Queen of these and the most famous, is ecologically cookie named "Biscotti Baicoli". Created in the 1700 's, the word "baicoli" Venetian dialect for sea bass. Their long, oval, thin figure is actually very similar to the small Seabass that inhabit the lagoon. At that time, the bakers supplied them to coffee shops, or they were served to House guests together with zabaglione cream, hot chocolate or tea. Still served other them with a sweet desert wine, Venetian Doge Moscato dei Doge.
They are considered today a delicate, light, but flavorful organic cookie to be enjoyed by all. Actually know almost every child in Venice today poem in Venetian dialect which brags in Baicoli, and its Venetian origins goodness.
Sit Burano, Fisherman's Island, famous for the rows of beautifully colored houses in the lagoon. Come the organic cookie "Bussola Buranello", which translated, means compass of Burano from this very small island. Here also marine traditions date back centuries. Baked in a figure outlining a circle or a step backwards "s", this cookie was a typical Easter treat, kneaded at home by the women of Burano, and then brought to baker's for baking. On days of celebration, it was dipped in Holy wine "vin santo" or in local whites. Packaged, they were placed in the middle of the clothes drawers to smell them with the delicious aroma characteristic of this cookie.
Still today it is regarded as a genuine and nutritional organic cookie, it enjoyed in the same way, or served to children.
Both organic cookies are easy to prepare, with simple organic food ingredients. Recipes follow:
Biscotti Baicoli
Organic food ingredients: 1 ¾ cups flour, ¼ cup melted butter (unsalted), ¼ Cup of sugar 1 small glass of milk, half grams yeast
Dissolve the yeast in a small amount of weak milk in a glass, and then mix it together with ¼ Cup of flour. Form a ball and leave it to the other, covered by a cloth, in a warm place until it doubles the volume (approx. 30 min.).
Mix together remaining ingredients, starting with flour and sugar, and then it melted butter, and finally, weak milk. (You can also add a bit of freshy pressed orange juice for more flavor) Add superscript the dough and knead all together.
Let the dough in mixing bowl and place the bowl in a larger bowl of boiling hot water in the oven (turned off), for at least one hour.
Divide the dough into about 6 long, oval shapes, each approximately 3 cm in width. Cook in oven for about 10 minutes at 300 °, and then increase the temperature to 430 ° until fully cooked (about 1 hour). Remove from oven and let cool completely. Then thinly slice 6 oval shapes in organic cookies, and then plug them back in the oven to toast for about 20 minutes at 120 ° to 175 °.
Dipped in hot tea, coffee or hot chocolate. Or serve with zabaglione cream or a sweet desert wine.
Bussola Buranello
Organic food ingredients: 6 egg yolks, 1 cup butter, softened at room temperature, 1 cup sugar 2 cups flour, a hyphen extract (choosed between, vanilla, lemon or Aniseed, island tradition), a dash of salt.
On a kitchen workspace create form a volcano shape with flour, and in the center of a crater, where you add the softened butter (not melted).
In a bowl, lightly beat eggs with sugar. Then add this to the flour mixture and knead quickly/butter/mix with your hands.
Take the dough and create the desired cookie shapes (sketch a circle or backwards "s") and cook in the oven at 350 degrees until done.
Modern versions add dark chocolate chips, raisins, or substitute a little of the white flour with coconut flour.
Serve these organic treats home with your usual array of organic food [http://www.primaorganic.com] or test them on your friends at your next gathering. Bring to your table a culinary, organic, pastry delight which is centuries old, still enjoy every day at Venezia and leisure travellers.
By Heather Bettendorf, Luxembourg-President, PRIMA organic Cookies [http://www.primaorganic.com]-victim gourmet organic cookies [http://www.primaorganic.com] from Italy. Our unique cookie formulations and combinations include natural Lemon, Italian Almond, Venetian classic and Sunny vanilla.
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