Hazelnut and Chocolate Clafoutis

Ingredients list for Hazelnut and Chocolate Clafoutis

• as required Hazelnuts 100 grams +
• 1 cup Refined flour (maida)
• 50 grams Dark chocolate roughly chopped
• for greasing Unsalted butter ½ cup + 2 teaspoons +
• a pinch Salt
• 115 grams Almonds
• ¼ cup Castor sugar (caster sugar)
• 2 Eggs
• 3 Egg yolks
• Zest of 2 oranges
• Orange juice
• 1 cup Milk
• 1 Vanilla pod

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C.
2. Toast the hazelnuts in the preheated oven for five to ten minutes. Remove from oven, cool and grind finely.
3. Melt the butter gently in a non-stick pan.
4. Grease four ramekin moulds with some butter and dust with some of the ground hazelnuts.
5. Sieve together the flour and salt in a bowl. Add the almonds, castor sugar, eggs, egg yolks, orange zest and milk and mix well.
6. Scrape out the seeds from the vanilla pod into the mixture and mix. Add the melted butter and orange juice and mix.
7. Transfer the prepared mixture into the greased moulds and add chocolate to each. Place the moulds on a baking tray, put the tray in the preheated oven and bake for fifteen minutes.
8. Serve hot.