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how to make the Bread of Dead

pictures step-by-step for the easy and tasty recipe made with biscuits, dried fruits and spices traditional of Lombardy in Italy

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PREPARATION: recipe with pictures

	soak raisins/sultana in tepid water
pestle the biscuits until a coarse powder
	do not mush
by using a mortar the powder will remain coarse
	add the potato flour and stir well
add cocoa and stir well for blending the ingredients
	add eggs
candied orange peel
	raisins/sultana squeezed to dry
dried figs sliced finely
	cut the butter to small cubes, let it soften for some minutes and add
knead well the dough, until the butter become melted and the candied fruit will be uniformly spread in the dough
	add the spices chopped very finely and stir again
flour your hands and give to the biscuits  an oval shape, 1/5 of inch high and rather large
	lay onto a baking pan, covered with oven paper (soak it before using and then  and squeeze to dry)
put into the oven at F 320 (C 160)
	sprinkle with sugar powder as soon as taken from the oven
Bread of Dead combines very well with hot chocolate, coffee, liquors and sweet wines
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