Gianduja at home

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Permalink Reply by Gap on October 22, 2012 at 7:48pm

When I mix a gianduja at home from commercially available products, I use ~50% milk chocolate and ~50% hazelnut praline paste (which is itself, ~50% sugar and ~50% hazelnuts). So breaking it down, mine is approximately 50% milk chocolate, 25% sugar and 25% hazelnut.

 

I'm not sure how much further/higher you can push that hazelnut %. Too far and the hazelnut fat will start to interact with the cocoa butter and make tempering the gianduja hard. I'd think you could go higher, but don't really know.

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Permalink Reply by Lane Wigley on November 24, 2012 at 8:32pm

Thanks Patti. I did this and it still was a nightmare to husk them all (but better than other ways). I'm going to buy paste next time. I used 7 cups of hazelnuts. It tastes wonderful, but what a pain.

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Permalink Reply by Patti Humbert on November 24, 2012 at 8:57pm

Glad it worked for you- I agree it is still a pain. My hands look like raisins by the time I am done! Now, if I could just find a robot coupe so I don't kill my food processor!

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Permalink Reply by Ruth Atkinson Kendrick on November 25, 2012 at 2:19pm

Forget about a Robot Coupe. It has a duty cycle of only 5 minutes. A cheap Hamilton Beach will work until the oil separates from the nuts.

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Permalink Reply by Patti Humbert on November 25, 2012 at 3:00pm

Ruth, I was attempting praline paste at home & had my cuisinart smoking! Any thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by Ruth Atkinson Kendrick on November 25, 2012 at 7:15pm

Yup--go to Walmart and buy a $40 Hamilton Beach. Drew Shotts put me on to these. They do a great job and outlast R-C's and Cuisinarts. They have a plastic shaft and all the bad China stuff, but they last and last. The last time I made Praline, I caramelized the hazelnuts and tossed them in. Ran it for about 15 minutes until the oil released. It won't take it down to a totally smooth paste, but much better than the other options.

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Permalink Reply by Patti Humbert on November 25, 2012 at 7:39pm

Thank you Ruth! I will do that!!!

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