Ferrero Rocher Brownies

Does anyone have those moments when you’re craving something- don’t have the full ingredient list - but end up creating an incredible meal or bake with what you have on hand?

My Ferrero Rocher Brownies is just that, and was baked without key ingredients - sugar, cocoa powder and butter.
(Sorry pause, what recipe developer doesn’t have these basic ingredients always in the pantry? I need to ask myself some questions, haha.)

Anywho, these brownies are made with just six ingredients - hazelnuts, chocolate, eggs, vanilla extract, baking powder, baking soda and salt. 

The hazelnuts are blended into a paste, which replaces the flour & butter (it’s rather magic!), and the sugars in the chocolate provide the sweetness.

The ingredients are simply blended in a food processor, then baked into a divine brownie - with a fudgy interior and cookie-like crust.
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The hazelnut flavour that lightly scents the brownies is rather iconic too, hence the name Ferrero Rocher.

​See recipe video here.

Enjoy!

Love, Alex. Xx
Be sure to tag me @ballerina_bites so I can see your wonderful recreations.

Ingredients
2 cups (260g) roasted hazelnuts, without skins
1 ½ cups (300g) chopped milk or dark chocolate of choice - I like a semisweet dark chocolate around 40-50%
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 tbsp vanilla extract 
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp fine sea salt 

Method
Preheat the oven 180°c and line a 20cm square brownie tin with baking paper.

Add the roasted hazelnuts and chocolate into a food processor -  blend until a smooth butter.
(The mix will come together in a ball, before loosening into a butter - this can take up to 15 minutes depending on your food processor. The chocolate will naturally melt during this process also.) 

Once a smooth chocolatey nut butter, allow the mix to slightly cool, before adding the remaining ingredients. 

Blend for a further 30 seconds until the batter forms a dough. 

Evenly press the dough into your lined brownie tin, then bake for 15- 20 minutes. 

Allow to cool completely, before slicing into 9 - 16 squares. 

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 5 days. 

Makes 9- 16 Brownies