Double Chocolate Pistachio Jigsaw Biscuits

As predicted yesterday, I'm posting a recipe today.

I'm calling this my own creation because I have evolved the recipe to the point where it no longer resembles the original.

I hope you enjoy them, obviously you can make them any shape you like - I just wanted to play with my new jigsaw cutter.

Double Chocolate Pistachio Jigsaw Biscuits

Makes about 12

For the biscuits:

75g butter

75g caster sugar

1 egg yolk

100g plain flour

25g cocoa powder

Topping:

White chocolate

Pistachio nuts

• Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.


• Beat in the egg yolk.


• Sieve (if you can be bothered, it isn't essential) flour and cocoa powder on top of butter mixture and mix to a dough.


• Chill the dough for at least an hour. Whilst waiting, find a helper to crush the pistachio nuts for you!

• Pre-heat the oven to 180C.


• On a floured surface, roll the dough to about 5mm thick and cut shapes. Place shapes on a greased baking sheet.


• Bake for 10 minutes, checking regularly as they can burn easily. Take them out just as they start to brown on the edges.


• Cool on a wired rack.


• Melt white chocolate using your preferred method.


• Decorate biscuits with white chocolate and sprinkle the crushed pistachio nuts on to the chocolate before it hardens, so that they will stick.