Name: Chocolate & Hazelnut Wheel
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Makes 1 Round Loaf
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: Oil for greasing; 15 g (½ oz) caster (superfine) sugar; 2 tsp cocoa powder (unsweetened cocoa); 50 g (1¾ oz) wholemeal (whole wheat) bread flour; 1 tsp fast action yeast; 1 tsp malt extract; 30 g (1 oz) milk chocolate chunks; ¼ tsp salt; 10 g (¼ oz) butter, diced and softened; 155 ml/155 g (5 fl oz/5 oz) water, cold; 85 g (3 oz) strong white bread flour; 1 tbsp blanched hazelnuts, finely chopped; 25 g blanched hazelnuts, roughly chopped; 1 egg, beaten; 50 g (1¾ oz) strong white bread flour

Preparation info

Makes
1
Round Loaf

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

The Pink Whisk Guide to Bread Making

By Ruth Clemens

Published 2013

About

A sweet chocolate and hazelnut wheel in ready-made break-apart portions – good for eating on the go, as a snack or split and slathered with a good layer of chocolate spread!

Ingredients

Pre-Ferment

50 g (1¾ oz) strong white bread flour
50 g (1¾

Method

Make the pre-ferment in the same way as for the Stilton & Cranberry Wheel.
When it comes to turning the pre-ferment into dough, add caster sugar and cocoa powder (unsweetened cocoa) too. Knead and allow to rise until doubled in size. The addition of cocoa makes this dough take slightly longer than the Stilton & Cranberry version and will take