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Biscotti Cookie Recipe

There is no better way to enjoy double-baked Anise Biscotti Cookie than with a cup of Ethiopian Coffee.

In Ethiopia, coffee can still be found growing wild in the forests.

Ethiopian Coffee With Anise Biscotti Cookie Recipe

Ethiopian Coffee With Anise Biscotti Cookies Recipe
Ethiopian Coffee With Anise Biscotti Cookies Recipe

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Ethiopia is the world’s fifth largest coffee producer and Africa’s top producer. Coffee is Ethiopia's principal source of income and the world's demand for quality coffee is increasing steadily.  More than 15 million people grow the crop for a living, hundreds of thousands of middlemen are involved in the collection of the crop from farmers and supply to the export and domestic market.

A sizable amount of foreign exchange, accounting up to 30% of the total yearly export income, is derived from coffee. Ethiopia is where the coffee plants Coffea Arabica, Canephora and Liberica originates. Three foremost regions where Ethiopian coffee beans originate are Harrar, Ghimbi, and Sidamo also known as Yirgacheffe.

Ethiopian Coffee With Anise Biscotti Cookies Recipe

Ingredients

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 cup white sugar

2 large eggs

1/2 cup unsalted butter

2 teaspoons ground anise seed

2 teaspoons grated lemon peel

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

Directions

Heat oven to 350º F. Beat sugar, butter, anise ground seed, lemon peel and eggs in large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients. Divide dough in half. Shape each half into rectangle, 10 × 3 inches, on greased cookie sheet.

Bake about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on cookie sheet 15 minutes. Cut crosswise into 1/2-inch slices. Turn slices cut sides down on cookie sheet. Bake about 15 minutes longer or until crisp and light brown. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Serve with Ethiopian coffee. Makes 42 Anise Biscotti cookies.


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The African Gourmet explores how African food, history, and science intertwine. Here, a plant is a healer, a story is a map, and the kitchen is a laboratory. I’m Ivy — a writer raised by historians, now sharing Africa’s wisdom from the U.S. through cookbooks, cultural research, and storytelling. If you’re curious about where flavor meets memory, you belong here.

Recipes Explain Politics

When Rice Recipes Become Revolution

What if your grandmother's rice recipe could explain the Liberian Rice Riots of 1979?

"In Liberia, rice isn't just food—it's life, identity, and sovereignty. When the government proposed raising rice prices in 1979, they weren't just adjusting economics; they were threatening every grandmother's ability to feed her family according to traditions passed down for generations."

The riot that followed wasn't about politics—it was about the sacred right to cook your family's rice recipe.

The Deeper Recipe

  • Ingredients: Colonial trade patterns + Urbanization + Economic inequality
  • Preparation: Political disconnect from daily survival needs
  • Serving: 40+ deaths, regime destabilization, and a warning about ignoring cultural fundamentals

This is African Gourmet analysis: understanding how the food in grandmother's pot connects to the protests in the streets. The recipes we inherit carry not just flavor, but the entire history of our political and economic struggles.

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