Boncora Biscotti

Last week, I reviewed Nonni's Biscotti, an Oklahoma (yes, really) based biscotti maker.  This week, going a bit more local, to Boncora Biscotti, based in Sonoma, CA.

"Boncora Biscotti are handmade in Sonoma from a family recipe passed down through the generations. Made from local, all-natural ingredients, these crunchy biscotti di Prato were introduced to the American food scene when Bonnie Tempesta and her mother, Aurora, founded La Tempesta Bakery Confections in 1983. The cookies became a national sensation, named the #1 domestic biscotti by the Washington Post and earning Bonnie the title “Queen of Biscotti.” Bonnie sold La Tempesta in 1997, but tired of the low quality of mass produced Biscotti, she came out of retirement in 2012 to found Boncora Biscotti."

Well, there's the story.  You don't need me to say more.  The "Queen of Biscotti" founded the company, and her recipe is still used.

Boncora Biscotti doesn't have a large produce range: classic almond biscotti, a chocolate dipped version of the former, and a triple chocolate (chocolate base) biscotti.  Simple. No other produce either, just, biscotti.

Assorted Biscotti

"These light and crispy biscotti are handmade in Sonoma. They're the perfect afternoon snack with coffee or espresso. Made from a generations-old Tuscan family recipe. Packed with whole California almonds and dipped in rich Guittard chocolate."

Classic almond biscotti: 

"Light and crunchy and loaded with California almonds, Boncora Biscotti are baked and cut by hand, so the size of the cookies will vary."

I tried the classic almond biscotti first.  It had a lovely almond flavor, with large chunks of almond through.  I liked the extra crunch from the almonds.  This really was quite good biscotti, I think the quality of the almonds used really made it shine.  

****, for biscotti, which is really saying something.  The flavor was good enough that I almost didn't even care if I had a coffee/hot cocoa to dip it in!

Chocolate dipped biscotti: 

"Each biscotti is hand-dipped in a special blend of Guittard semi-sweet chocolate. "

The chocolate version was even better.  Again, really excellent biscotti base, strong almond flavor, and this time, coated in thick high end dark Guittard chocolate, that complimented the almonds quite well.  

Likely the best biscotti I've ever had.  ****+.