Recipe Directions
1. In a food processor, process hazelnuts for several minutes until clumpy and oily.
2. Add cocoa or carob powder, vanilla, salt, coconut oil and honey or agave nectar and process until smooth. Stir in flax or nut oil until reaching the desired consistency.
Ocelot's Thoughts
By ocelot A raw version of Nutella: a delicious, European, chocolate-hazelnut spread.
Nutella, in its original form, was first created in the 1940s by Mr. Pietro Ferrero, a pastry maker and founder of the Ferrero company. At the time, cocoa was in short supply because of rationing due to World War II, so chocolate was very limited. So Mr. Ferrero used hazelnuts, which are plentiful in the Piedmont region of Italy (northwest), to extend the chocolate supply.
A very yummy spread on a banana!
Quantities of cocoa/carob, vanilla, salt, sweetener, and oil may be adjusted to taste.
This would undoubtedly work at least as well and be a touch healthier with nuts soaked overnight, but I was looking for instant gratification. Having now tried it with soaked nuts, it works. But use it up fast because it doesn’t hold the hazelnut flavor very long.
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koolieaided
Aug 08, 2010
i'm sure it's tasty!!!
Phred
Oct 22, 2010
There is a cafe in Bologna, Italy called La Nutelleria. It's a cafe that serves up everything Nutella - crepes, croissants, toast...it's awesome! Just... FYI! :)
shredchic
Jan 13, 2010
This sounds great!!! I read in a raw food recipe book that you don't have to soak hazelnuts, because they don't have the enzyme inhibitors. This is also true for Brazil Nuts. Yay for raw Hazelnuts!
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riggin4587
May 04, 2012
I live in Monterey too and I have to avoid looking at that crepe place every time I drive by, haha. I am new to raw and haven't been able to find much information about a raw foods community in the area. Do you know of anything?
Territa
Mar 17, 2012
Territa's Review
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So very tasty! I used a food processor because I didn't feel like digging it all out of the Vitamix! I didn't need to add much oil, but I made sure to process the nuts for quite awhile (I need a more powerful FP)!!
I used this to make a delicious smoothie - recipe at http://www.therawtarian.com/community/recipe/rawtella-dessert-smoothie.
Phred
Oct 22, 2010
There is a cafe in Bologna, Italy called La Nutelleria. It's a cafe that serves up everything Nutella - crepes, croissants, toast...it's awesome! Just... FYI! :)
koolieaided
Aug 08, 2010
i'm sure it's tasty!!!
Lyn-doe
Apr 26, 2010
yum yum yum! just finished making it. Had to add some water to get into a more spreadable consistency but didn't take away from the flavor at all!
myrawlife
Jan 28, 2010
I just made this spread. Mmmmm is it ever so good and easy to make!!! Thanks for sharing!
myrawlife
Jan 28, 2010
I just made this spread. Mmmmm is it ever so good and easy to make!!! Thanks for sharing!
subbacultcha
Jan 25, 2010
Ooh fantastic, I was just thinking about how to make raw nutella the other day :)
zhanna8
Jan 17, 2010
what a great idea... sounds like this what Nutella needs to be... and thanks for history side note
shredchic
Jan 13, 2010
This sounds great!!! I read in a raw food recipe book that you don't have to soak hazelnuts, because they don't have the enzyme inhibitors. This is also true for Brazil Nuts. Yay for raw Hazelnuts!
FreshFruit
Dec 24, 2009
I just made this recipe :D Soooo yummy....sigh....I left out the flax/nut oil, cause I didn't have it, but it didn't seem like it was missing anything. It was SUPER DELISH!
HerbGirl
Oct 13, 2009
David and I like this one alot. We have a crepe place here in Monterey that puts nutella with bananas, coconut & whip creme. We will be adding it on top of bananas with shredded coconut.
Thnaks
Eliana
Sep 16, 2009
We love Nutella and this is an even healthier version!! We soaked the nuts first and it was hard to pass up the instant gratification. LOL. Thanks!!
4avocado
Sep 16, 2009
I made this today and used raw almonds instead of the hazelnuts because that was all I had. It is sooo good !!!! I will get some raw hazelnuts soon and make a batch of this. I wonder if this would be a good base for a raw chocolate dessert. A crust maybe? Or could this be made in to some sort of raw cookie,bar?
shannonmarie
Sep 13, 2009
I miss Nutella, too, but thanks to this recipe, I can enjoy something better :-)
ocelot
Sep 12, 2009
I hadn't seen the rawguru version before making this! I'm amused that we came up with the same name and all (my housemate is responsible for the name on mine).
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