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Hazelnut croquettes

Recipe for hazelnut bredele with raspberry jam
Prep Time1 hour
Cook Time30 minutes
Rest time1 hour
Total Time2 hours 30 minutes
Course: Snack
Cuisine: Alsacienne
Keyword: Alsace, Noël

Ingredients

For the dough

  • 300 g flour
  • 150 g caster sugar
  • 100 g softened butter
  • 1 package vanilla sugar
  • 1 pinch fine salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 c. coffee baking powder

For the trim

  • 150 g butter
  • 150 g sugar
  • 1 package vanilla sugar
  • 4 c. soup water
  • 150 g finely ground hazelnuts
  • 150 g chopped hazelnuts
  • raspberry jam

Instructions

Preparing the dough

  • Mix yeast and flour and make a fountain. Add sugar, vanilla sugar, salt, eggs and make a dough by incorporating little by little some of the flour.
  • Cut the butter into small pieces. Add to the dough and begin kneading, incorporating the remaining flour to obtain a smooth dough. If it sticks, put it in the fridge for 1 hour.
  • Roll out the dough into a large rectangle and place on a buttered baking sheet. A large rectangular pizza pan will fit nicely in the size.

Prepare the garnish

  • Melt the butter with the sugar and water and heat to boiling point.
  • At this point add the ground and crushed hazelnuts together and let cool. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 150°.

Assembly

  • Brush the rolled-out pastry with jam (warm it up a little so that it spreads better).
  • Spread the hazelnut filling preparation on the previous pastry and bake for 25 to 30 minutes.
  • About 5 minutes after cooking, cut into 6 cm squares and cut them in half on the diagonal if necessary.

Notes

You can dip a corner into melted dark chocolate, but that's optional.