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Little chocolate and hazelnut fondants

Chocolate fondants are small cakes that are meltingly moist and oh, so chocolatey! This version adds toasted hazelnuts.

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Last modified on: September 9^th 2020

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For 5 pieces, you will need:

1 hazelnuts
2 62.5 ml dark chocolate
3 34 ml butter
4 1 Egg
5 33 ml caster sugar
6 15.6 ml flour
7 3 ml powdered cocoa

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
27 min.	40 min.	1 hour 7 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C)

Spread hazelnuts on a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.

Stage 2 - 15 min.

Toast in the oven for 15 minutes.

Leave the oven on.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

As soon as you take them out of the oven, tip the nuts onto a cloth and rub vigorously to remove the skins. Discard these brown flakes.

Stage 4 - 5 min.

Put 62.5 ml dark chocolate and 34 ml butter in a large bowl over a bain-marie.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

When melted, beat together until smooth and evenly mixed.

Stage 6 - 2 min.

Use a whisk to mix 1 Egg and 33 ml caster sugar.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Pour the egg and sugar mixture into the chocolate and mix well.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Take the bowl off the bain marie and sieve 15.6 ml flour and 3 ml powdered cocoa into the mixture.

Stage 9 - 1 min.

Mix again thoroughly.

Stage 10 - 7 min.

Divide the mixture into small tins or, as here, a special rectangular silicon mould.

Stage 11 - 3 min.

Chop the hazelnuts coarsely with a knife...

Stage 12 - 2 min.

And divide out between the fondants.

Stage 13 - 20 min.

Bake for about 15-20 minutes.

Stage 14

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

You will notice that any type of fondant cake tends to be slightly undercooked. This is normal to give the melting texture we're after.

You can vary this recipe by using almonds, for example, which work very well.

The mixture needs to be kept hot in stage 6, to prevent it turning unpleasantly lumpy when the eggs and sugar are added.

Keeping

Several days in an airtight tin.

Source

Based on a recipe by chef Nina Métayer.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
882 Kcal or 3,693 Kj	12 gr	74 gr	59 gr
44 %	5 %	7 %	9 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
450 Kcal or 1,884 Kj	6 gr	38 gr	30 gr
22 %	2 %	4 %	5 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
176 Kcal or 737 Kj	2 gr	15 gr	12 gr
9 %	1 %	1 %	2 %

% 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: Nuts, Milk, Egg, Gluten

How much will it cost?

For 5 pieces : 1.21 €
Per piece : 0.24 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Dark chocolate: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, Flaky brownie brioche, Italian hot chocolate , Chocolate madeleines, Chocolate almond cookies, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crème brulée, Eton mess, Soft fruits in sabayon, Grapefruit moelleux, Kouign-amann brioche, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Dipping bread with cheese, Nachos, Saltimbocca, "Moelleux" cake batter, Pear and chocolate Paris puddings, ... All
	Hazelnuts: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chocolate mendiants, Brioche royale, Granola, ... All

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