2 sienese Recipes

egg whites, ground almonds (almond flour or meal), plain flour, baking powder, icing sugar (powdered sugar), almond extract, rum or brandy or amaretto, oranges , zest of or 1 lemon, zest of, candied orange or 1 tbsp lemon peel, good dark chocolate

whole blanched almonds, roughly chopped, hazelnuts, roughly chopped (skinned or unskinned), diced candied orange peel (as for fruitcake) or 2 cups mixed candied citron peel (as for fruitcake), dried apricots, diced, dried figs, diced, unbleached all-purpose flour, ground cinnamon, dutch-processed cocoa powder, grated orange zest, salt, ground nutmeg, ground ginger, fresh ground black pepper, granulated sugar, honey, unsalted butter, sugar , for dusting