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Ingredients

  • 55 g dark chocolate
  • 1 teaspoon of icing sugar or 1 teaspoon powdered sugar
  • 2/3 tablespoon peanut oil (Ground Nut)
  • 35 g hazelnuts

Method

  • Heat an oven to 150c (300f)
  • Roast the hazelnuts for about 7 minutes and then roll them together between a teatowel to remove the skins, if you cannot get the skin off some you may need to bake them a little more but do not burn them, it is important to get almost all of the skin off the nuts.
  • In either a coffee blender, spice blender, small food processor or blender add the skinned nuts and blend until you have a very fine powder, the more fine the better.
  • Add in the oil and powdered sugar and blend thoroughly.
  • Melt the chocolate either in a double boiler, or a microwave at 50% power for 1 minute, stirring and remicrowaving for 30 seconds at a time until it is completely melted.
  • Add the hazelnut mix to the chocolate mix and stir in thoroughly, the mix will keep in the fridge for several weeks.