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Rich hazelnut buttercream

Name: Rich hazelnut buttercream
Prep time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 950 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 250 g butter; 250 g ground hazelnuts; 250 g icing sugar; 3 eggs; 25 g cornflour; 2 tablespoons rum

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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Duration

40 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 15^th 2017

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

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

Times for this recipe

Preparation

10 min.

Resting

30 min.

All in all

40 min.

Preparation 10 min.

Resting 30 min.

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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

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	60 RDI=93 %	310 RDI=117 %	379 RDI=519 %	4,990 RDI=250 %	20,894 RDI: 250 %
Per 100 g	6 RDI=10 %	33 RDI=13 %	40 RDI=56 %	539 RDI=27 %	2,259 RDI: 27 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, Nuts, egg

How much will it cost?

For 950 g : 6.40 €

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