Hazelnut and chocolate biscuits
This is a quick, simple recipe: the chocolate ganache topping and hazelnut sweetcrust pastry can both be prepared in advance.
17K 5/5 based on 2 reviews
Last modified on: March 16th 2022
Keywords for this recipe:For 10 pieces, you will need:
- 1
1 cup Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) - 2
0 kg Chocolate ganache
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 36 min. | 20 min. | 56 min. |
At what time:
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at ... ?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at ... ? - Work this out...
Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 10 min.
Prepare 1 cup Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée), but use ground hazelnuts instead of almonds.
Note: This can be made way ahead of time.
Note: This can be made way ahead of time.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).
Roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch (5 mm) thick. Cut circles with a 2.5 inch (6 cm) cutter.
Roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch (5 mm) thick. Cut circles with a 2.5 inch (6 cm) cutter.
Stage 3 - 1 min.
Arrange the cut biscuits on a sheet of cooking parchment laid on a baking sheet.
Stage 4 - 20 min.
Stage 5 - 15 min.
Meanwhile, prepare 0 kg Chocolate ganache and leave this to cool as well.
Stage 6 - 5 min.
Add a generous topping of chocolate ganache to each biscuit (a forcing bag is ideal for this).
Leave to set in the fridge for 1 or 2 hours before eating.
Leave to set in the fridge for 1 or 2 hours before eating.
Remarks
This is an ideal way to use up any leftover sweetcrust pastry you don't know what to do with.
If you are pressed for time, use a good-quality chocolate spread instead of the chocolate ganache.
If you are pressed for time, use a good-quality chocolate spread instead of the chocolate ganache.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 15,154 Kcal or 63,447 Kj | 238 gr | 1,469 gr | 1,133 gr |
| 758 % | 91 % | 139 % | 172 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,788 Kcal or 15,860 Kj | 59 gr | 367 gr | 283 gr |
| 189 % | 23 % | 35 % | 43 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,515 Kcal or 6,343 Kj | 24 gr | 147 gr | 113 gr |
| 76 % | 9 % | 14 % | 17 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 10 pieces : 2.11 €
- Per piece : 0.21 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Flaked almond tart, Lemon and grated apple tart, Tarte Jurassienne, How to make a good pastry tart case , Peach and green tea tart, ... All |
 | Chocolate ganache: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Two-coloured chocolate-orange tart, Chocolate Truffles, Chocolate and vanilla crème brûlée, Little cakes with a chocolate and hazelnut centre, Flaky chocolate brioche, ... All |
Other recipes you may also like
Chestnut cake
This delightful cake is doubly chestnutty: it contains chestnut flour, and sweet chestnut purée.325K5 1 hour 13 min. May 8th 2020
Fruit crumble
A fruit pudding: very easy to do and delicious: just a layer of fruit with a golden crunchy topping.349K4.0 1 hour 11 min. February 21th 2011
Epiphany galette
Here is the recipe for the very classic but delicious "galette des rois" (Epiphany galette) in puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) with almond cream or frangipane . You will also see some professional tips to easily handle the dough, and obtain a nice and regular galette.278K 24.5 3 hours 8 min. January 6th 2021
Caramelised apple pie
Apple pie made with caramelised apples.250K4.3 1 hour 55 min. September 11th 2018
Toasted almond cake
A layer cake, with toasted almonds in the chocolate part.235K4.4 2 hours 2 min. July 5th 2016
News list of cooking-ez.com
Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2024-07-28)
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.