Praline Paste

Name: Praline Paste
Yield: Makes 2 cups
Ingredients: 2 cups hazelnuts, roasted and peeled as much as possible (see sidebar); ½ cup sugar

Preparation info

Makes
2 cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Baking

By James Peterson

Published 2009

About

Praline paste is a sweetened nut butter made with hazelnuts or almonds. It’s usually made from praline, which is a kind of candy made by cooking nuts in caramel. You can skip this step, however, by roasting the nuts and then grinding them with sugar in a food processor.

Ingredients

2 cups hazelnuts, roasted and peeled as much as possible (see sidebar)
½ cup sugar

Dessert
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Grind the hazelnuts and the sugar in a food processor for about 4 minutes, or until the hazelnuts are oily. Scrape the food processor work bowl with a rubber spatula to incorporate any of the mixture that is clinging to the sides and bottom.