Blood Orange Almond Biscotti

I often get a weird obsession with certain ingredients and I want to use them everything. Recently I've been on a Blood Orange kick. I've made a Blood Orange Marmalade, Cupcakes, and even dehydrated several for no reason. This recipe is a variation on the Anise Almond Biscotti recipe found in Veganomicon only with Blood Oranges and a few other tweaks. To date this is my favorite biscotti I've made. I'm going to keep making it until the oranges are out of season. I recommend buying the book and trying out a blood orange variation its fantastic.

Blood Orange Cupcakes With a Blood Orange Glaze

I saw some Blood Oranges at Wholefoods® and thought "I bet those would make great cupcakes". Turns out I was right, the Blood Orange flavor was amazing. I've never had Blood Oranges before this recipe, since then I've bought them twice. Apparently Blood Oranges are fairly new to North America which might be why I've never had one (most places don't carry them). The folks over at O'Biolla have this to say about Blood Oranges;

Blood oranges are known for their high vitamin C, potassium, carotene and dietary fiber contents, all of which have extensive health benefits. It has been well documented in the nutritional press that consuming several daily servings of fruits and vegetables, combined with three servings of low-fat dairy products, are effective in lowering blood pressure and other heart-related disease risks, while contributing to overall general good health and disease resistance.

I tried something new with these cupcakes and cut a hole out of them to fill with chocolate, then topped with a Blood Orange glaze and orange zest. Overall the cupcake turned out really well, but I think in the future I'll hold off on adding the chocolate inside, it distracted from the orange flavor. Or I'll fill the cupcakes with glaze and top with a orange butter cream.