Chocolate and hazelnuts sounds like a match made in heaven. And it is, but despite this, and despite the fact everyone raved about the chocolate hazelnut spread that is Nutella, it was a craze that happily passed me by.
I had tried it one, the supermarket Nutella that is, and found it far too sweet, and despite containing my favourite ingredient, chocolate, it wasn't enough for me to want to eat it again. That is until I made my own Nutella, and boy is it good.
It is amazing how a few humble ingredients come together to make something so utterly delicious. In this case hazelnuts, milk, chocolate and honey, along with a sprinkling of sea salt. That's it. No preservatives, no rubbish, just simple delicious ingredients...the way food should be.
Smear it on a slice of fresh bread, toast, cookies, swirl it through ice cream, or add it to smoothies. Its all good. And next week I'll be back with a couple of recipes in which you can use your batch of homemade nutella, that is if you don't eat it all first!
Homemade Nutella
Ingredients
- 180 g hazelnuts 1 ½ cups
- 300 ml milk or your favourite nut milk 1 cup plus 3 tbs
- 3 tbs honey
- 150 g dark chocolate melted, 5 ¼ oz, semisweet
- 75 g 70% cocoa chocolate melted, 2 ½ oz
- pinch of sea salt flakes
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 160 celsius (320 fahrenheit) and place the hazelnuts on a baking sheet and roast for 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and place in a clean tea towel. Leave to cool for a couple of minutes before rubbing vigorously to remove the skins. Don't worry if some of the skins refuse to come off, just remove what you can.
- Place the nuts in a food processor and process to make a smooth paste.
- Place the milk and honey in a saucepan over a medium high heat and bring to a boil. Add the milk to the nut paste while the food processor is running. Occasionally stop to scrape down the sides of the food processor to ensure everything is well combined.
- Add the melted chocolate and salt and process until smooth. Place into sterilised jars and refrigerate for up to 1 week!
Lyns T - Eeyore likes Cupcakes says
This looks incredible! After learning Nutella uses palm oil I have avoided the stuff but never once did I consider to make my own! Yum! L x
Jennifer says
I'm amazed at how easy it is to make your own. You should definitely give it a try. 🙂
Martine @ Chompchomp says
How much better does this naughty treat become when you know it has none of the artificial rubbish that on the super market shelves has. So luscious!
Pearl - Pretty Mayhem says
Yum, I LOVE Nutella but this homemade recipe sounds even better!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
Much healthier and probably a whole lot fresher tasting too.
Alexandra says
This is awesome! Nutella is everyone's guilty pleasure 🙂
Dawn Taylor says
This sounds delicious. My next big kitchen gadget is going to be a vitamix, never worked one, but just watching demo's of them, I wonder if heating the milk and chocolate could be done in that.Definitely getting this recipe printed out ready. Thank you for sharing this one.
Jennifer says
I've heard great things about Vitamix. Let me know how you go with it when you get one 😀
thelittleloaf says
I make my own Nutella all the time - so so much better than the shop bought stuff and you can change the chocolate up to. Yours looks delicious!
Gourmet Getaways says
Woohoo! Nutella from scratch. I never thought of making this one, so thank you for trying it out and sharing. This one goes into my to-do list pretty soon :).
Julie
Gourmet Getaways
Rosa says
Mmmhhh, divine! Better than the original stuff and a lot healthier.
Cheers,
Rosa