Brown Butter Hazelnut-Almond Streusel

Name: Brown Butter Hazelnut-Almond Streusel
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ cup (1 stick/115 g) unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla; ¾ cup (95 g) all-purpose flour or gluten-free oat flour, from the freezer; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ cup (100 g) sugar; ⅓ cup (45 g) hazelnuts; ⅓ cup (45 g) almonds

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Pie for Everyone

By Petra Paredez

Published 2020

About

The first pie I tried this with was Black Currant. I created this recipe to counterbalance the sharp acidity of the filling. I find that it works well with Rhubarb Pie for the same reason—the warm, rounded flavors are a complement to the rhubarb’s acidity.

Ingredients

½ cup (1 stick/115 g) unsalted butter
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Method

In a lightly colored medium saucepan (so that you can see the color of the butter as it cooks—white enamel or stainless steel both work well), melt the butter over medium heat. After the butter melts and begins to bubble, heat for 5 to 10 minutes more, stirring with a wooden spoon, until the butter browns. When the butter is sufficiently browned, small chunks of toasty brown caramelized milk so