Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

Waffles, toast, fruit… everything tastes better with a little Lactantia® Chocolate Hazelnut Spread. Store the spread in a tightly sealed glass jar and you’ll always have a homemade treat on hand!

  • Preparation time10 mins prep
  • Cooking time20 mins cook
  • Servings2 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups Hazelnuts, skinless
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 250g semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
  • ¼ cup Lactantia® Unsalted Butter, cut into cubes
  • ½ cup Lactantia® 35% whipping cream
  • ¼ tsp salt

Instructions

  1. In a food processor, blend the hazelnuts and sugar until smooth and almost peanut butter like. This will take between 2-4 minutes.
  2. Place chopped chocolate in a bowl and set over a bain marie (pot of boiling water, you place the bowl on top of the pot).
  3. Bring the Lactantia® 35% whipping cream to a boil and pour over chocolate.
  4. Add the Lactantia® unsalted butter and mix until melted and incorporated.
  5. Remove the bowl from the bain marie, and using a whisk, mix the nut mixture into the chocolate mixture.
  6. Pour the chocolate hazelnut spread into 1 x 500mL jar and let cool. Seal and refrigerate.