It does not get any easier!
I have been putting my freshly picked and roasted hazelnuts (aka, cobnuts or filberts) to use in a variety of ways in my gluten-free baking and cooking. My last blog posting was about how to make your own Nutella (type) hazelnut / cocoa spread. This time, things get even easier since my hazelnut butter is just a simplified version of the last recipe — basically just leave out the cocoa and sugar.
Ingredients / Directions
Hopefully you have access to a nice chopper, food processor, or heavy duty blender (e.g., a Vitamixer) into which you can place your roasted hazelnuts. Choose whatever quantity of hazelnuts you want and grind / chop the nuts until they are as coarse-ground or fine-ground as you prefer (I opt for a more coarse-ground version, as shown in pictures here).
Once chopped to near-final desired, add some gluten-free vegetable oil to your mix to make it somewhat “spreadable” — I chose sunflower oil. The amount you use will depend on how thick / thin you want your hazelnut butter to be. Now, you can mix in the oil by hand (to preserve the coarseness of your ground nuts), or if you are going for a creamier butter, you can use your Vitamix or other suitable appliance to further chop the nuts down along with the oil until you have a creamy product.
Although I do not personally use these, optional ingredients (to personal taste) can include a touch of salt and/or sugar. That’s essentially it, and your fresh-made hazelnut butter should be absolutely delicious!
| Fresh Ground Roasted Homemade Roasted Hazelnut / Cobnut / Filbert Butter |
I placed the end product of my recipe into some recycled Greek Yogurt containers I cleaned up, and the butter has been fine for a week or so outside of refrigeration.
Next recipe using these lovely fresh-picked and roasted hazelnuts: I will combine them with some fresh-picked black raspberries, some gluten-free oats, and a few other ingredients to back up a “crumble” that is just lovely.
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