Chocolate-Coated Caramelised Hazelnuts

Name: Chocolate-Coated Caramelised Hazelnuts
Yield: Makes lots
Ingredients: 40 g (1½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 100 g (3½ oz) dark chocolate, melted; 75 g (2¾ oz) whole shelled hazelnuts; Dutch (unsweetened) cocoa powder for dusting

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Lamingtons & Lemon Tart

By Darren Purchese

Published 2016

About

These are incredibly delicious, crunchy and decadent. I use them in the book to garnish the Chocolate and salted caramel tarts with caramelised hazelnuts, but they can be used as a garnish for any dessert or tart. They also make a great gift for someone as they can be bagged up nicely with a ribbon.

Ingredients

40 g (1½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar
75 g (2¾

Garnish
Chocolate
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

Place the sugar, 25 ml (¾ fl oz) water and the hazelnuts in a saucepan over low heat and start to heat gently. Stir gently but constantly over the heat. The water will boil and begin to evaporate then the