Hazelnuts?

debbym

nuts in chocolate make a good pressie - we do this every xmas for friends like our childminder.
How about nut roast - billions of recipes out there!
Chopped nuts are also good sprinkled on salads (think of pinenuts or walnuts)
hazlenuts are good added to cakes or biscuits once chopped or ground - Tamsin Day-Lewis did a brownie recipe that had toasted nuts put on top and was delicious, i would think any recipe that uses walnuts could use hazlenuts.

megasaver

I don't know if this will help but at the weekend I was searching for a Jamie Oliver recipe for Sweet Rolled Bread of Chocolate, Hazelnut, and Banana that I had seen him making on TV. I came across both this version and the savoury one on his web site. Basically it is just bread dough spread with chocolate spread, covered with hazelnuts and chopped banana, rolled up and baked - it seems very simple and delish. Will be making it with the normal dough from my bread machine..... his bread/dough recipe seems to make so much.... it is here............post #40.

Another web site I came across in my search (funny how you get sidetracked on the tinternet!) was from a newspaper article which had some very good advice/recipes about hazelnuts including the fact that they can be frozen, to quote:
"If you are lucky enough to obtain any quantity of fresh hazelnuts, preserve them by freezing them in thick polythene bags"
I didn't know that .... it may help especially if you don't have time to deal with them now, the link to the whole article is here

HTH

Mega xx

thriftlady_2

HappyIdiotTalk wrote:

Blimey hazelnuts can grow in this country, I never knew that. I always assumed that nuts were imported. What other sorts of nuts can be grown in blighty and is it as simply as planting the required tree?

:rotfl: :rotfl: What do you think the squirrels eat ? Hazelnuts are very, very common.

There is a fab chocolate hazelnut cake recipe in Nigel Slater's book Appetite. He uses skinned nuts, but I'm sure it doesn't matter if they've got skins on.

Cream together
250g of butter
250g demerara

When light and fluffy add, one at a time
4 eggs

Next add about
3 tbsp strong coffee

Fold in
250g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder

Fold in most of this mixture
200g chopped hazelnuts
250g coarsely chopped chocolate
Keep some back to sprinkle on top of the cake.

Pour into a greased and lined 23 cm cake tin, sprinkle remaining nuts and choc on top.
Bake at 180c/gas 4 for 1 hour 20 mins.
Test for doneness with a skewer -it should come out clean.
Leave for about half an hour before cutting -delicious served warm.

HappyIdiotTalk

thriftlady wrote:

:rotfl: :rotfl: What do you think the squirrels eat ?

I'm not stupid, everyone knows squirrels live on Harvest bars and Carling Black Label! :dance:

thriftlady_2

:rotfl: :rotfl:

Hope my comment didn't come over as rude, it was not meant to be

HappyIdiotTalk

thriftlady wrote:

:rotfl: :rotfl:

Hope my comment didn't come over as rude, it was not meant to be

Dont be daft! Course they didnt!

ivyleaf

Maybe you could grind or puree them and fold into chocolate spread? Would be like home-made nutella! Probably be a nice filling or topping for a cake.

noonesperfect

I've got 100g of whole hazelnuts that need using asap.
I've searched my recipe books for biscuits including hazelnuts (all I could think of :rotfl: ) but failed.
I'm hoping someone has some suggestions......:D

Seakay

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/pda/A20218646?s_id=5

I use ricepaper instead of wafers

noonesperfect

Seakay wrote: »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/pda/A20218646?s_id=5

I use ricepaper instead of wafers

They sound lovely, but I haven't any wafers or rice paper. I'll keep a note of recipe though, thanks anyway.