World Nutella Day

I'm going to start this post by telling you a story, I think my blog contains 1 too many ode's to Nutella!
The first World Nutella Day was actually established by a blogger names Sara Rosso on the February 5th 2007, umm.. number 1, why was there not a World Nutella day before? Number 2, the 10 year old me had blueprints for such a day but no one took me seriously..

It is now a day where people share and spread the wonder of Nutella whether it is at home, work or school! That brings me on to the point of this post, here are my favourite Nutella recipes!

As I've mentioned, I already have a post using Nutella, but click here to see it if you haven't!
I originally got the recipe from Cleobuttera, but made a few adaptations that I think work well!

Decadent Nutella Tart
Ingredients
Hazelnut Tart Case

1 Large Egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup toasted hazelnuts
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 cup plain flour
Pinch of salt
5 tablespoons chilled unsalted butter

Filling
1/4 cup hazelnuts
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup dark chocolate (depending on the sweetness you prefer)
2 tablespoons softened unsalted butter
1 1/4 cup Nutella

Method
Tart Shell:
1) Whisk the egg and vanilla together in a small bowl
2) Use a food process to mix the hazelnuts and sugar together to a fine powder
3) To this, add the flour and salt and pulse to combine
4) Add in the chilled butter till you get a breadcrumb like texture
5) Add the egg mixture, until the dough comes together
6) Turn the dough out onto plastic wrap and wrap
7) Leave to chill
8) Roll out the dough to an 11 inch thickness, and freeze to keep it's shape
9) Blind at 190 degrees for about 30 minutes
10) Let cool on a wire rack

Filling
1) Cook the hazelnuts and sugar to a caramel, usually takes about a minute and leave to cool
2) Chop chocolate and place in a bowl with butter.
3) Bring the cream to a simmer on a medium to high heat, pour over the chocolate and butter and leave it to melt
4) Stir in the Nutella and sprinkle over the cooled candied hazelnuts

Assembly
1) Place toasted hazelnuts at the base of the tart case
2) Pour over the luscious chocolate filling and leave to set, best to leave it overnight

Slice and Enjoy!

Lots of Love,

Kaya xo