Rawtella
A raw version of Nutella, a delicious European chocolate-hazelnut spread.
Nutella®, in its original form, was first created in the 1940s by Mr. Pietro Ferrero, a pastry maker and founder of the Ferrero company. At the time, cocoa was in short supply because of rationing due to World War II, so chocolate was very limited. So Mr. Ferrero used hazelnuts, which are plentiful in the Piedmont region of Italy (northwest), to extend the chocolate supply.
Very yummy spread on a banana!
Ingredients
- 1 cup raw hazelnuts
- 2 tablespoons raw cocoa or carob powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon honey or agave nectar
- 1 tablespoon coconut oil
- flax or nut oil
Preparation
Food process raw hazelnuts for several minutes until clumpy and oily. Add cocoa/carob, vanilla, salt, coconut oil and honey/agave, and process until smooth. Stir in flax or nut oil until you reach desired consistency.
Quantities of cocoa/carob, vanilla, salt, sweetener, and oil may be adjusted to taste. This would undoubtedly work at least as well, and be a touch healthier, with nuts soaked overnight, but I was looking for instant gratification. (Having now tried it with soaked nuts – it works, but use it up fast, because it doesn’t hold the hazelnut flavor very long.)
Comments
omshanti writes: (June 24, 2007)
ooooo nutella! i loved this stuff as a kid, cant wait to try this and thought it could be used as filling or iceing too awsome!!!!
queenfluff writes: (June 24, 2007)
You can buy this raw too. It’s been around for a while: http://www.rawguru.com/store/raw-food/rawtella.html
forrestlyone writes: (June 25, 2007)
I love Nutella..I never thought of this. Thank you!!
ocelot writes: (June 25, 2007)
I hadn’t seen the rawguru version before making this! I’m amused that we came up with the same name and all (my housemate is responsible for the name on mine).
spiritedmama writes: (June 25, 2007)
Yummy! I miss nutella. We haven’t used it in years due to the hydrogenated oils in it. I am so happy to find a replacement!
shannonmarie writes: (June 26, 2007)
I miss Nutella, too, but thanks to this recipe, I can enjoy something better :-)
4avocado writes: (June 29, 2007)
I made this today and used raw almonds instead of the hazelnuts because that was all I had. It is sooo good !!!! I will get some raw hazelnuts soon and make a batch of this. I wonder if this would be a good base for a raw chocolate dessert. A crust maybe? Or could this be made in to some sort of raw cookie,bar?
Eliana writes: (June 29, 2007)
We love Nutella and this is an even healthier version!! We soaked the nuts first and it was hard to pass up the instant gratification. LOL. Thanks!!
HerbGirl writes: (July 26, 2007)
David and I like this one alot. We have a crepe place here in Monterey that puts nutella with bananas, coconut & whip creme. We will be adding it on top of bananas with shredded coconut.
Thnaks
writeeternity writes: (September 22, 2007)
I love this idea! Did you eat it on any particular cracker or food?
FreshFruit writes: (October 05, 2007)
I just made this recipe :D Soooo yummy….sigh….I left out the flax/nut oil, cause I didn’t have it, but it didn’t seem like it was missing anything. It was SUPER DELISH!
shredchic writes: (October 25, 2007)
This sounds great!!! I read in a raw food recipe book that you don’t have to soak hazelnuts, because they don’t have the enzyme inhibitors. This is also true for Brazil Nuts. Yay for raw Hazelnuts!
Mon46 writes: (October 27, 2007)
I just made this, also without the flax and/or nut oil. It is delicious and truly satisfied my craving for something sweet and delicious.
zhanna8 writes: (October 30, 2007)
what a great idea… sounds like this what Nutella needs to be… and thanks for history side note
subbacultcha writes: (November 06, 2007)
Ooh fantastic, I was just thinking about how to make raw nutella the other day :)
coconut dream writes: (November 07, 2007)
I would love this as I love all of the ingredients listed + had a little a love affair with Nutella itself when I visited Europe back ‘04.
Thanks!
myrawlife writes: (November 09, 2007)
I just made this spread. Mmmmm is it ever so good and easy to make!!! Thanks for sharing!
myrawlife writes: (November 09, 2007)
I just made this spread. Mmmmm is it ever so good and easy to make!!! Thanks for sharing!
Lyn-doe writes: (February 05, 2008)
yum yum yum! just finished making it. Had to add some water to get into a more spreadable consistency but didn’t take away from the flavor at all!
sobizaar writes: (February 06, 2008)
do you think it will still taste pretty good without the nut/flax oil or the coconut oil because i don’t have either but i just bought hazelnuts for this so i wanna do it..
Samilicious writes: (February 08, 2008)
I REALLY want to make this but the problem is that I don’t have a food processor. I do have a vitamix though. Does anyone know if I can make this with my vitamix???
Sobizaar- Even though I haven’t made this yet I think having at least one of the oils would be needed to make it creamier in a way. Well, thats what I think.
ambiguous writes: (April 06, 2008)
I made this in my Vitamix. A little oily for me; I’d suggest not adding flax/nut oil unless you find it necessary to blend.
maxinatux writes: (May 04, 2008)
This recipe is delicious…thank you, so much!! I was wondering, though, if this rawtella needs to be refrigerated or if it can stay out at room temp?
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