This is so super simple and quite simply soooo delicious you will eat the whole batch!
Ingredients:
1 cups of hazelnuts
1-2 tablespoons of raw cacao powder (or 2-3 tbs regular cocoa)
1/4 cup of maple syrup (we tend to use a little less)
1/4 cup of water (this can vary depending on consistency you are after)
Method:
- Bake the hazelnuts at 160-170C for approx 15 minutes. Keep an eye on them and make sure you don’t burn them. Once shell starts flaking off they are ready. Remove from oven and allow them to cool completely.
- Place cooled hazelnuts in a food processor (we use a thermomix) and blend until a fine powder.
- Add the cacao and blend again until well combined.
- Add the maple syrup and blend again.
- Gradually add the water until you reach your desired consistency.
- Store in a steralised jar or don’t bother sterilising if you are going to eat the whole batch within a week – which we do!! We store in the fridge, too.
Serving suggestions:
- Spread on our Life Changing Bread (we substitute the almonds with hazelnuts for this)
- Spread on your choice of toast with slices of banana
- Spread on pikelets
- Eat straight off the spoon!
- Add to a banana smoothie for an afternoon snack