Homemade Nutella

Kasha's Note:

From a French children's book I just bought. Saw this, went in the kitchen and made it immediately, it took about 5 minutes. My French husband says it is better than Nutella. It is grittier, because I couldn't figure out how it to get it really smooth, but it tastes great. Makes enough to exactly fill one French Bonne Maman jam jar.

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 20

Yield: 1.0 French ...

• 125 g hazelnuts , reduced to powder so finely ground
• 120 g honey
• 120 g butter
• 2 tablespoons cocoa , for baking

Directions:

1. Get the hazelnuts as finely ground as possible. My final product was gritty because I couldn't get them powdered enough. It doesn't hurt the taste but if anyone figures out how to make them finer, email me.
2. Melt the butter.
3. Combine the melted butter, cocoa, honey and powdered hazelnuts and mix.
4. Put in some kind of container and keep in the fridge.

Reviews

[Mia in Germany]

This has been my standard recipe for homemade nutella for years. You can get a paste out of the hazelnuts if you process them in a very strong food processor until they get hot. They will form a ball around the blades of the processor and then become a paste. Just keep processing long enough. This is very good with cashews or cashew butter, too, and also, as Kasha says, if the hazelnuts stay a bit gritty :-) Thanks for posting this!

[rosslare]

Absolutely fantastic recipe! I would roast the nuts slightly next time, to bring out all their aroma. I also added 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and 1/8 teaspoon salt.

[MAMASARAH]

OH YUM! I've made this with ghee so it would be casien (dairy) free for my family and it turned out wonderful. And my kids thank you ,too.:)