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Rich hazelnut buttercream

This delicious preparation is an alternative to almond frangipane: a nutty buttercream enriched with eggs, designed to be cooked into various pastries.

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Last modified on: November 15^th 2017

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For 950 g, you will need:

1 250 g butter
2 250 g ground hazelnuts
3 250 g icing sugar
4 3 Eggs
5 25 g cornflour
6 2 tablespoons rum (optional)
Total weight: 925 grams

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put into a mixer bowl: 250 g butter (cut into small pieces), 250 g ground hazelnuts, 250 g icing sugar, 3 Eggs, 25 g cornflour and 2 tablespoons rum (optional).

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Start the mixer on slow speed and beat until evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 30 min.

Your rich hazelnut buttercream is ready.

Refrigerate in a sealed container for at least half an hour before using.

Remarks

Do be careful when choosing the ground hazelnuts. Buy the best quality you can, as recent as possible and preferably organic. These will be dearer, of course, but so much better.

For an even more intense hazelnut flavour, use a hazelnut liqueur instead of the rum.

You might like to try making a hazelnut frangipane, by adding 350 g of cold confectioner's custard (crème pâtissière, or french pastry cream) to the finished hazelnut buttercream. This should be added a little at a time with the mixer running.

Keeping

Several days in the fridge in a sealed container. Freezes very well.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,991 Kcal or 20,896 Kj	60 gr	310 gr	379 gr
250 %	23 %	29 %	57 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
540 Kcal or 2,261 Kj	7 gr	34 gr	41 gr
27 %	3 %	3 %	6 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Nuts, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 950 g : 6.37 €

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