Featured recipes
Hazelnuts are an incredibly versatile and nutritious nut. They can work as a base for syrups, flours and butters, or as ingredients in both savory and sweet recipes. The possibilities are endless!
Homemade Hazelnut Spread ("Nutella" style)
An easy seven-ingredient homemade hazelnut spread that tastes better than storebought!
Sweet Potato, Chocolate and Hazelnut Cake
A sweet combination of hazelnuts, sweet potatoes and chocolate - to result in one delicious cake!
Cacio e Pepe with Hazelnut Pasta (and Crispy Sage)
This starts with hazelnut flour pasta and ends with hazelnuts sprinkled on top of a savory cacio e pepe sauce.
Full Featured Recipe
Our featured recipe of the moment: a Hazelnut Pecan Pie, with a recipe adapted from Taste of Home!
Prep Time: 25 minutes
Bake Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 8
Ingredients
- 1 pre-made refrigerated pie crust
- 3 (large) eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 0.5 (half) cup hazelnut syrup
- 0.5 (half) cup dark corn syrup
- 3 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp softened butter
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1.5 (one and a half) cups chopped pecans
- 0.5 (half) cup chopped hazelnuts
- 0.5 (half) cup chocolate chips (semi-sweet)
- (optional) whipped cream
Step #1
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F)
- In a 9-inch pie plate, roll out pre-made crust. Crimp the edges.
Step #2
- Using a whisk, mix eggs, sugar, hazelnut syrup, dark syrup, flour, vanilla, and butter in a large bowl.
- Mix in hazelnuts, pecans, and chocolate chips.
Step #3
Pour mixture from step 2 into prepared pie crust.
Step #4
- Bake for 50-55 minutes, or until the filling is set.
- Let cool after baking.
- (Leftovers should be refrigerated).
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