Hells yeah hazelnut bark

Leftover hazelnut meal can lead to great things!

Feeds: 10-12

Cooking time: NA

Ingredients

Bark

  • 60g Hazelnut meal
  • 70g Hulled tahini
  • 60g Rice malt syrup
  • 70 g Coconut oil, melted
  • 15g Coconut butter, melted
  • 40 Almonds crushed
  • Pinch of vanilla powder
  • Pinch sea salt

Topping

  • 15g Coconut butter
  • 15g Cacao butter
  • 20 Hazelnuts, roasted and chopped
  • Pinch of vanilla powder
  • Pinch stevia

Method

  • Lay a sheet of baking paper on a baking tray
  • In a bowl, mix all of the bark ingredients well until they form a dough like consistency
  • Press the dough out on to the baking paper to create a flat thin ‘slab’ and place in the freezer
  • While the bark is setting, gently melt the cacao butter in a glass bowl over a saucepan containing simmering water
  • Add the coconut butter and gently stir until melted
  • Add the vanilla and stevia to the mixture and remove from the heat
  • Stir in the roasted, crushed hazelnuts and allow the mixture to cool and thicken a little
  • Remove the bark from the freezer and spread the topping mixture along the length of the bark
  • Put the bark back in to the freezer for at least 4 hours before serving

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