A Visionary

closetvegan:

AND ITS VEGAN! I stole and adapted the recipe from the wonderful hipsterfood, who in turn took it from here, so I’m continuing the cycle of plagiarism :D
Anyway, if you have a spare hour, give this a go, its not actually that difficult if you have a decent food processor. Though, it doesn’t need to be that good - mine is 20 years old (parents wedding present, yoink!)

You will need:

2 cups raw shelled hazelnuts

1/4 cup groundnut or vegetable oil

1/3 cup cocoa powder

2/3-1 cup icing sugar (depending how sweet you want it - we used 2/3)

1tsp vanilla essence

Method:

1. Pre-heat the oven to gas mark 4. Spread the hazelnuts on a baking tray and roast for 20 minutes, or until they look like this:

The skins go black, and the nuts a darkish brown colour.

2. Leave them to cool for 10 minutes, then place the nuts in a tea-towel and grind them together with your hands, until most of the skins have come off. You might have to peel them by hand - get as much as you can off because they are quite bitter.

3. Place in the food processor and blend on high for… well ages, adding the oil gradually to keep everything moving. It first turn into a sort of breadcrumby mixture, then a sort of lump. Turn the processor down to low when it gets to this point, then add little more oil. It will eventually turn into a lumpy nut butter.

4. Add the cocoa, vanilla and sugar, then blend again with the rest of the oil. You may have to add even more if it becomes too stiff. Turn up to the highest setting and keep blending, until it looks basically smooth - you’ll never get it completely like shop bought nutella.

5. Spoon into a jar and spread on EVERYTHING!

omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg omg !!