Ingredients
500 g of 100% Italian Wheat - type 0 flour
240 g of sugar
170 g of butter at room temperature
2 pinches of salt
6 egg yolks
The ground peel of an untreated lemon

Directions
You can use a kneading machine to work the butter with the sugar and the lemon. Once the dough will be creamy, you can add the salt and the egg yolks a little at a time. Once these components have been blended, you can add the flour and you should knead just enough time to obtain a homogeneous texture (if you are using a kneading machine, you should have to knead at low-speed).
Once it is ready, compact it with your hands, wrap it with plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for at least 2 hours.
After this time, take it out of the fridge and heat your oven at 180° in static mode.
Divide your dough into 40 g each piece and then roll them up into 15 centimetres sausage shape.

For the Bussolà
Starting from the sausage shape, you should overlap the two ends to form a donut.

For the Esse
Starting from the sausage shape, you should fold the dough until you create a “S” shape.


Now you can put them on a baking pan (better if it is micro-perforated) covered with baking paper and then put them into the oven for almost 15/20 minutes. After this time, you have to turn down the oven temperature at 100° and let the biscuits rest into it for almost 10 minutes leaving the oven door open: that’s why in Italian they are called “bis-cotti” (bis-cooked), because they undergo a double cooking.
The Bussolà and the Esse will be ready when they appear golden on the top but at the same time not too dark on the bottom.
 
 
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