Lady Kisses with American Pistachios
By Chef Stefania Corrado
Ingredients
For the Lady Kisses:
2 cups flour
2/3 cup butter, slightly softened
⅓ cup toasted American pistachios unshelled, grounded into flour
½ cup grana padano cheese or Parmesan
¾ teaspoon salt
¼ cup powdered sugar
Cinnamon and pepper to taste
Bitter orange marmalade:
2¼ pounds sour oranges (bitter oranges, Seville or Zhi Shi)
2 cups sugar
Sterilized jars for jam
Instructions
For the Lady Kisses:
Knead slightly softened butter with the pistachio flour; add the other ingredients and knead until blended. Roll the dough into balls, refrigerate until firm. Bake in oven at 350° F for 12 minutes.
For the bitter orange marmalade: Squeeze the oranges and set aside the juice, removing all the seeds. Cut the pulp and peels into pieces; blend in a food processor, adding the orange juice. Place in a saucepan and cook over low heat for 6 hours, stirring often. Pack the marmalade into the sterilized jars.
Serve the Lady Kisses with cooled marmalade.
