Christmas biscuits with Black Tea No.25

Serves 4 Dessert

Medium
30 min
15 min

The spirit of Christmas is truly in the air thanks to this gourmet recipe for spiced biscuits! Their secret: "beurre noisette", or "brown butter", made with Black tea N.25 to enhance the flavours of this iconic Christmas blend. These biscuits will be perfect for the festive season, on the table or under the Christmas tree…

Ingredients

15 g Organic Black tea N°25
65 g unsalted butter
125 g flour
35 g brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 pinch of ground ginger
1 pinch of ground nutmeg
1 pinch of salt
1 sachet vanilla sugar (or 1/2 teaspoon of liquid vanilla extract)
2 teaspoons honey

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 200°C.
Create the tea-infused brown butter: add the butter to a saucepan and melt it over a gentle heat until it turns brown and starts to smell slightly caramelised. Turn off the heat and infuse 5 g of Black tea No.25 in the brown butter for 10 minutes.
Separately, infuse 5 g of Black tea No.25 in 10 cl of water heated to 90°C for 10 minutes. Strain and put aside.
Grind the remaining 5 g of loose leaf Black tea No.25, and put this powder in a mixing bowl. Add all the other ingredients and mix.
Pour in the honey, the strained brown butter and half of the infused tea. Knead; the dough should be pliable and almost crumbly. Add some flour if the dough is too sticky, and a dash of infused tea if it seems too dry.
Roll out the dough, and cut with the biscuit cutter of your choice.
Bake for 20 minutes until the biscuits are golden around the edges.

Tasting suggestion:

Pair these biscuits with one of the No.25 recipes to match the flavours perfectly!