After another night of snow showers today is yet another Snow Day. I have been to work this week, honest! This inturn lead to a slight Nutella crisis. Today is officially World Nutella Day and it is paramount I eat Nutella on this important day. World Nutella Day this year is being hosted by Sarah from Ms. Adventures in Italy and Michelle from Bleeding Espresso.
Now, usually I have always have jar of the sweet chocolatiness in the cupboard for those spoon-straight-in-the-jar emergencies but after making Nutella & Peanut Butter Brownies for Hubby's workmates I forgot to pick up a jar. Snowed in and a 2 hour walk for Nutella I decided to see if it is possible to make Nutella from scratch. Lo and behold Su Good Sweets came to my rescue.
Now, the major difference between Nutella and my version was that I didn't have any hazelnuts in, so instead used cashew nuts and almonds. I also used rapeseed oil as it has a pleasant nutty taste. Although I think I may have nearly killed my food processor in the making of this nutty chocolate butter it was worth it. It's not quite a smooth as tradition Nutella, but just as delicious. It was interesting watching the nuts turn from the whole nuts into a paste. My home-made Nutella certainly helped the with Nutella craving that was going to go unsatisfied otherwise. I'd be interested to try it again with hazelnuts.
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Nut-ella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh...
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Genius heading! Looks great, I bet the cashews work well.
ReplyDeleteFab! I'd love to have a go but that would involve buying a food processor. Hmmm!
ReplyDeleteI'm in the process of Nutella baking also! Yum!
Katiecakes xox
seriously impressive! So how much have you eaten already ;-)
ReplyDeleteFirst of all I am jealous of your snow day and I don't even want to hear about it if you had more than on, pah!
ReplyDeleteI forgive you purely because you have given us a link to homemade nutella :)
Mmmmm nutella. As a child I used to steal the jar, run and hide in the garden while I ate as much as I could.
ReplyDeleteGreat job making your own. Now that's proper resourceful.
Ginger - since writing the heading I can't get it out of my head and keep singing it...much to the annoyance of Hubby.
ReplyDeleteKatie cakes - It's not a full on food processor but an attachment for my stick blender. It's a great bit of kit, though I would love a proper processor.
Fiona - I've been quite restrained so far. I promised Hubby some.
Holler - The authority I work for seem to call snow days like it's going out of fashion. I'm glad you forgive me ;)
Amanda - I'll go to great lengths for Nutella!
Check out the UK Food Bloggers Association Calendar for World Nutella Day.
ReplyDeleteI want in on Nutella Day next year, I can't believe I missed this!
ReplyDeleteFabulous improvising...This looks and sounds awesome. Great Job!!
ReplyDeleteLove the title! Thanks for dropping by my blog. Your homemade Nutella looks scrumptious!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I've got the peanut butter-Nutella brownies bookmarked now!
happy World Nutella Day! Your recipe looks perfect!
ReplyDeleteI guess cashew and almond will work too. Delicious.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Elra
That looks so good, pass me a spoon!
ReplyDeleteThanks for helping us spread the word about World Nutella Day! Let me know if you end up making the version with hazelnuts. And try and get hazelnuts from Piemonte, Italy if available...to be true to the source ;) I can't wait to make my own.
ReplyDeleteI love nutella now for my spoon where did I put it....
ReplyDeleteRosie x
That's what I call dedicated and willing to experiment!
ReplyDeleteOh, that post title totally cracked me up!!! Made my weekend. Not to mention the hip-expanding Nutella recipe...
ReplyDeleteI, unfortunately, had no more snow days last week nad was very jealous to learn you had been cooking up chocolate spread! Did you use the simple recipe?
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to have a cooking day tomorrow - chocolate spread and chilli jam! Hopefully I won't mix the two although it could be a good experiment - might have to mix a small amount just to see!
Mike - thank you for the link
ReplyDeleteRachel - I think it is usually around the same time every year.
MaryBeth - Thank you :)
Ovenhaven - The peanut butter brownies are one of my most requested bakes. I hope you like them.
Heidileon - Thank you :)
Elra - I was pleased how well cashew & almonds worked.
Anne - lol!
Sara - I picked up som Hazelnuts today and once the current batch has gone I'll be trying the Hazelsnuts.
Rosie - I'm yet to come across someone who doesn't love Nutella!
Sylvie - I'm decicated to anything involving chocolate!
Jeanne - Glad I made your weekend :)
Merlotti - Yep, I just used the basic recipe I linked to. You can get chilli chocolate so I can't see why chilli jam and chocolate won't work :D
oooh, nutella day??? how the heck did i miss this? the snow in england has gone away now but the weather ain't letting up. it's still freezing!! i need some nutella to cheer me up ;) x
ReplyDeleteI've never thought about making nutella from scratch, what a great idea!
ReplyDelete