Chocolate hazelnut squares

Sunday, April 29, 2012


 
  
Just got back home from another relaxing day in the nature. I picked the fresh nettle, and we used it to bake quiches and pastries, and drink nettle tea (so refreshing!). Old folks say nettle is best if eaten before the beginning of May. I don't know if there is any truth to that, but we made sure to make the best of it this weekend. It smelled so wonderfully natural.

I baked the biscuit early in the morning and brought it with me. Once at the weekend house, I melted some chocolate, sprinkled hazelnuts and we had a nice dessert to finish the hard working day.


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Nedavno smo stigli kući nakon još jednog dana u prirodi. Brala sam svježu koprivu/žaru, pa smo od nje pravili uljevak i uštipke (recept M.-ove nane), i pravili osvježavajući čaj. Naši stari kažu da je koprivu najbolje jesti prije početka maja. Ne znam koliko tu ima istine, ali u svakom slučaju mi smo se danas potrudili da iskoristimo to što je ona obilato narasla u našoj bašti. Dok sam je brala, mirisala je istinski prirodno. Nekako sam poželjela taj miris.  

Biskvit sam ispekla jutros prije nego smo krenuli i ponijela ga na vikendicu. Poslijepodne sam istopila čokoladu za kuhanje, prelila je preko biskvita, posula prženim lješnicima i ubrzo smo imali čim zasladiti kraj napornog radnog dana.


I am leaving you with the recipe for chocolate hazelnut squares and some photos from our day. I wanted to share something with you before falling (soundly) asleep.

Have a nice spring weekend.


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Ostavljam vas sa receptom za biskvit od lješnika i čokolade i nekoliko fotografija današnjeg dana. Požurila sam da podijelim nešto s vama prije nego što se, doslovce, srušim u krevet.

Ugodan vikend i sretan praznik!

Chocolate Hazelnut Squares

Ingredients

3 eggs
120 grams muscovado sugar
280 g pureed bananas (about three medium-size bananas, ripe)
1 cup olive oil
1/2 of a vanilla bean (seeds scraped)
80 g hazelnut flour
50 g rice flour
70 g white flour
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking soda

In a large bowl mix together the dry ingredients: hazelnut, rice and white flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda. In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs and sugar. Add vanilla, pureed bananas, and olive oil, and mix until incorporated. Add the mixture to the dry ingredients and whisk gently until combined.

Preheat the oven to 180 C. Line half a sheet pan with baking paper and pour the batter, spreading evenly. Bake until set (10 - 15 minutes). Let cool. 

Optional: Melt 200 g of dark chocolate with 5 tablespoons of butter. Pour over the biscuit, decorate with roasted hazelnuts or dust with cocoa, and serve.


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Biskvit od lješnika i čokolade

Sastojci

3 jaja
120 grama muscovado šećera (ili smeđeg šećera)
280 g izgnječenih banana (otprilike tri zrele banane srednje veličine)
1 čaša maslinovog ulja
1/2 vanilin štapića (sjemenke)
80 g lješnikovog brašna
50 g rižinog brašna
70 g bijelog brašna
2 kašike kakao praha
1/2 kašičice soli
1/2 kašičice sode bikarbone

U većoj zdjeli pomiješajte suhe sastojke: lješnikovo, rižino i bijelo brašno, kakao, sol i sodu bikarbonu. U posebnoj zdjeli umutite jaja sa šećerom, dodajte zrna vanilije, izgnječene banane (ja sam koristila štap mikser) i maslinovo ulje, pa sve sjedinite. Dodajte ovu smjesu suhim sastojcima, i lagano miješajte dok se ne napravi jedinstvena smjesa.

Zagrijte pećnicu na 180 C. Na dno pravougaonog pleha stavite papir za pečenje i ulijte smjesu. Rasporedite je ravnomjerno i pecite dok se ne stisne (10 - 15 minuta). Ohladite na kućnoj temperaturi. 

Proizvoljno: Istopite 100 g čokolade za kuhanje sa 5 kašika maslaca. Prelijte preko biskvita (u tankom sloju), ukrasite sa prženim lješnicima/kakao prahom, i servirajte.



4 comments:

  1. Luna made Norwegian cinnamon buns while we were planting strawberries in the garden. Delicious with a cup of green tea. All in all a great ending to a warm day. Sounds like you had one too :)

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  2. she's a sweetheart :) tell her to share the recipe with me. i am taking yor advice, am i not? :)

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  3. expect an email from her. take as much as you want as long as you follow your heart

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  4. thanks, looking forward to it :)

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