Salted Pistachio and Dark Chocolate Digestives
 
Ingredients
  • 35g pistachios
  • 1 tsp sea salt flakes
  • 65g rolled oats
  • 100g cold unsalted butter, cubed
  • 100g spelt flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 55g light muscovado sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp milk (I used almond)
  • -To decorate
  • 80g good quality dark chocolate, chopped
  • 1 tsp coconut oil
  • 30g pistachios, chopped
  • sea salt flakes
Instructions
  1. Place the pistachios and the salt in a food processor and blitz until the nuts are finely ground. Add the oats and blitz again to a floury texture - around three to four minutes. Add the butter and spelt flour and pulse to the texture of fine breadcrumbs. Tip into a clean bowl and stir through the baking powder and sugar, ensuring there are no lumps by feeding the mix through your fingertips. add the milk a tablespoon at a time until it forms a slightly sticky dough. Wrap in clingfilm and press into a disc shape then refrigerate for 30 minutes or pop in the freezer for 10.
  2. Preheat the oven to 170oc/150oc fan and line two baking trays with baking parchment. Flour a clean surface and rolling pin with spelt flour then roll the dough out to 5mm and cut circles using a cutter or glass roughly 5cm in diameter. Space evenly on the baking trays and bake in the oven for 10 to 12 minutes until golden and crisp. Remove from the oven and leave to cool on the trays for five minutes before placing the biscuits on a wire rack to cool completely.
  3. To make the chocolate, melt ⅔ of the dark chocolate in a heatproof bowl suspended over a saucepan of simmering water. once melted, remove from the heat and stir in the remaining chocolate and coconut oil to a smooth consistency. Dip the biscuits in the chocolate mix, ensuring both sides are well coated, leaving the excess to drip off for a few seconds before placing back on the baking parchment lined trays. Sprinkle with the chopped pistachios and sea salt and leave to set. Store in an airtight container and eat within two to three days.
Recipe by Victoria Sponge Pease Pudding at http://victoriaspongepeasepudding.com/baking/salted-pistachio-and-dark-chocolate-digestives/