Make Organic Vegan Nutella Chocolate Hazelnut Spread

By Stephen Howard


Finding organic and delicious sweets is not always easy thing to do. Most products contain different ingredients you just don't want to consume. And, when it comes to popular spreads, the things get worse. On the other hand, you could make your own delicious spread whenever you want, and this particular recipe is so simple you can try it today, with no special preparations.

This recipe contains just a few ingredients, and require maybe half an hour of your precious time. For preparing this amazingly tasty organic vegan nutella chocolate hazelnut spread you will need just some good quality organic hazelnuts, dairy free chocolate and maybe something to sweeten the things. And, of course, a good food processor.

In fact, the best results are really achieved using some good quality smoothie maker, because your spread will be much creamier. So, take four cups good quality organic hazelnuts and two cups organic, dairy free dark chocolate. You will also need a spoon or two organic molasses. You can use maple syrup instead, but it is really tastier this way.

Nuts should be roasted first, to release the oils. For this purpose, preheat the oven on 175 degrees Celsius and roast them for ten to fifteen minutes, shaking the pan once or twice. Prepare kitchen towels and put warm roasted nuts on. Cover with another towel and roll with your hands to remove the skin. Use clean towels to repeat this.

Now, it's time for your food processor. Start slowly and blend until nice and creamy hazelnut butter is formed. Add melted dark chocolate and continue blending, adding some molasses, or some maple syrup, if you want it to be sweeter. Just remember that the spread will become harder when you add liquid ingredients. And that's basically it.

Of course, you don't have to use melted chocolate if you prefer cocoa. Use the cocoa instead, but keep in mind the spread might be less creamy in this case. The easiest solution is to combine cocoa powder with very small quantity of hot water before adding it to your blender. In this case, you will probably need more molasses or maple syrup to sweeten your spread.

Of course, when you use cocoa powder instead of dairy free chocolate, you'll probably have to add more molasses or maple syrup in. Sometimes some vanilla extract will be needed as well. It's up to your taste. In any case, this lovely spread may be kept in the fridge for maybe two or three weeks, but, you will probably eat it long before that. It's simply delicious.

As you can see, the recipe is extremely simple. It doesn't mean you cannot improve it. So, experiment with the tastes. For example, you may add more vanilla. Or you could use orange oil to spice it up. This is quite simple thing to do. Prepare fresh orange zest and squeeze a drop or two of fresh orange oil. Or you could spice the water for cocoa with some cloves or cinnamon. Just boil these spices for a few minutes and use this spiced water.




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