Chocolate-Hazelnut Smooches: Baci D'Alassio

Chocolate-Hazelnut Smooches: Baci D'Alassio could be just the gluten free recipe you've been looking for. This recipe serves 30. One serving contains 158 calories, 3g of protein, and 9g of fat. For 33 cents per serving, this recipe covers 5% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 13 hours and 45 minutes. This recipe from Foodnetwork has 119 fans. Head to the store and pick up vanillan extract, semisweet chocolate, hazelnuts, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a cheap hor d'oeuvre. With a spoonacular score of 27%, this dish is rather bad. Try Chocolate-Hazelnut Smooches, Homemade Baci Perugina - Italian Nutella Hazelnut Chocolates, and Chocolate Raspberry Baci di Dama for similar recipes.

Servings: 30

Preparation duration: 35 minutes

Cooking duration: 790 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Dutch-process unsweetened cocoa powder, sieved

4 or 5 egg whites, at room temperature

3 cups whole raw hazelnuts

1 tablespoon honey

3 ounces semisweet chocolate

2 cups sugar

2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted plus additional unsalted butter for baking sheets, optional

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Equipment:

oven

frying pan

food processor

blender

sieve

mixing bowl

wooden spoon

baking paper

baking sheet

pastry bag

double boiler

Cooking instruction summary:

Watch how to make this recipe. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F. Spread the hazelnuts in a single layer in a shallow pan and place them in the preheated oven, turning every now and again, until lightly toasted and the skins begin to blister, 15 to 18 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Then, working in batches, rub them between the palms of your hands until the skins loosen and fall away. (This will take some time and not every bit of skin will rub off.) Chop the hazelnuts coarsely. Using a nut mill, blender, or a food processor fitted with the metal blade, grind the hazelnuts to a fine powder. (If the nuts do become oily, pass them through a sieve to break up any lumps.) Place in a large mixing bowl and stir in the sugar. Add the butter, cocoa, honey, and vanilla and mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon. Add the egg whites, a little at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add only enough of the whites for the dough to take on the consistency of a loose paste or spritz cookie dough. Do not worry if all of the egg whites are not used. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or grease them with butter. Spoon the hazelnut mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a No. 6 star tip. Pipe out rosettes 1 inch in diameter onto the prepared sheets, spacing the rosettes about 1 1/2 inches apart. You should have about 60 rosettes in all. Let the rosettes sit, uncovered, at room temperature overnight. Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F. Bake the cookies in the preheated oven until firm to the touch but still moist inside, 8 to 10 minutes. When they are done they will not brown and may even look undercooked, so you must test by touch. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in the top pan of a double boiler placed over simmering water. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally. Gently turn half of the cookies top sides down on a flat surface and spread about 1/2 teaspoon chocolate on each of the upturned bottoms. As each cookie is coated, press a plain cookie onto the chocolate, bottom side down, to form a "sandwich". Lay the cookies on their sides on a tray or flat plate and refrigerate for 15 minutes to set the chocolate. Store in a covered container, at room temperature, for up to 1 week.

 

Step by step:


1. Watch how to make this recipe.

2. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F.

3. Spread the hazelnuts in a single layer in a shallow pan and place them in the preheated oven, turning every now and again, until lightly toasted and the skins begin to blister, 15 to 18 minutes.

4. Remove from the oven and let cool for 10 minutes. Then, working in batches, rub them between the palms of your hands until the skins loosen and fall away. (This will take some time and not every bit of skin will rub off.) Chop the hazelnuts coarsely.

5. Using a nut mill, blender, or a food processor fitted with the metal blade, grind the hazelnuts to a fine powder. (If the nuts do become oily, pass them through a sieve to break up any lumps.)

6. Place in a large mixing bowl and stir in the sugar.

7. Add the butter, cocoa, honey, and vanilla and mix thoroughly with a wooden spoon.

8. Add the egg whites, a little at a time, mixing well after each addition.

9. Add only enough of the whites for the dough to take on the consistency of a loose paste or spritz cookie dough. Do not worry if all of the egg whites are not used.

10. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or grease them with butter. Spoon the hazelnut mixture into a pastry bag fitted with a No. 6 star tip. Pipe out rosettes 1 inch in diameter onto the prepared sheets, spacing the rosettes about 1 1/2 inches apart. You should have about 60 rosettes in all.

11. Let the rosettes sit, uncovered, at room temperature overnight.

12. Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F.

13. Bake the cookies in the preheated oven until firm to the touch but still moist inside, 8 to 10 minutes. When they are done they will not brown and may even look undercooked, so you must test by touch.

14. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.

15. Meanwhile, melt the chocolate in the top pan of a double boiler placed over simmering water.

16. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature, stirring occasionally. Gently turn half of the cookies top sides down on a flat surface and spread about 1/2 teaspoon chocolate on each of the upturned bottoms. As each cookie is coated, press a plain cookie onto the chocolate, bottom side down, to form a "sandwich". Lay the cookies on their sides on a tray or flat plate and refrigerate for 15 minutes to set the chocolate. Store in a covered container, at room temperature, for up to 1 week.


Nutrition Information:

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158k Calories
2g Protein
9g Total Fat
18g Carbs
2% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
158k
8%

Fat
9g
14%

  Saturated Fat
1g
11%

Carbohydrates
18g
6%

  Sugar
15g
17%

Cholesterol
2mg
1%

Sodium
7mg
0%

Caffeine
5mg
2%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
2g
5%

Manganese
0.84mg
42%

Copper
0.3mg
15%

Vitamin E
1mg
12%

Magnesium
32mg
8%

Fiber
1g
7%

Phosphorus
53mg
5%

Iron
0.96mg
5%

Vitamin B1
0.08mg
5%

Potassium
127mg
4%

Folate
14µg
4%

Vitamin B6
0.07mg
4%

Zinc
0.47mg
3%

Selenium
1µg
2%

Vitamin B2
0.04mg
2%

Vitamin K
2µg
2%

Calcium
17mg
2%

Vitamin B3
0.28mg
1%

Vitamin B5
0.13mg
1%

covered percent of daily need
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