I am so proud to share this recipe with you all! I hope you like it :)
Friday nights are fast becoming my most creative evenings in the kitchen- (it helps that I don't have to stress about the next day at work or if my husband is out at the pub with his mates!). Last night I decided to try a recipe to make healthy chocolate in preparation for christmas and 2 evenings with friends I am hosting at my house.
I have a long love affair with Ferrero Rocher shared with my sister Charlotte. We used to count how many Ferreros in a box each were allowed to eat and we had a tally board in the kitchen to track it! I always get a box at Christmas and Easter... but now I am deeply involved in healthy eating I would like to swap the sugar, palm oil and other nasties for some more healthy and whole ingredients.
I used my heart shaped moulds (bought in France @ La Maison Du Monde) to show how much I love them!
For the centre:
- 1 cup of roasted hazelnuts;
- 2 tbsp raw cacao powder;
- 1 tbsp of 100% maple syrup ( or rice malt syrup);
- 1 tbsp of coconut oil;
For the chocolate sauce:
- 1 tsp maple syrup;
- 2 tbsp coconut oil;
- 1 tbsp cacao powder;
- Mix hazelnuts in a food processor until it starts sticking together;
- Add cacao powder and mix it well with the hazelnuts;
- Add coconut oil and maple syrup and mix some more (with a spoon at that stage not with the food processor)
- For the chocolate sauce mix the coconut oil, cacao and maple syrup.
- Crush more hazelnuts to use as toppings;
- Put the hazelnut paste in your mould ( around 1 teaspoon) add the chocolate to cover it well and top with a few crushed hazelnuts;
- Leave to set in the freezer;
- Enjoy straight from the freezer or leave to thaw in the fridge for 1/2- 1 h.
