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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.

164 K 3.9/5 (68 reviews)

40 min.

Easy

6.80 €

2 kg 850 g

6 Ingredients

Last modified on: November 15^th 2017

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For 2 kg 850 g, you will need:

1 750 g butter
2 750 g ground hazelnuts
3 750 g icing sugar
4 9 eggs
5 75 g cornflour
6 6 tablespoons rum (optional)
Total weight: 2,775 grams

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 10 min.

Resting: 30 min.

All in all: 40 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put into a mixer bowl: 750 g butter (cut into small pieces), 750 g ground hazelnuts, 750 g icing sugar, 9 eggs, 75 g cornflour and 6 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	180 RDI=70 %	930 RDI=90 %	1,140 RDI=170 %	14,970 RDI=750 %	62,680 RDI: 750 %
Per 100 g	6 RDI=3 %	30 RDI=3 %	40 RDI=6 %	540 RDI=30 %	2,260 RDI: 30 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Nuts, egg

How much will it cost?

For 2 kg 850 g : 19.15 €

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