Gianduja

Gianduja

What it is

Napoleon's continental blockade made cocoa scarce in Turin, so the city's chocolatiers stretched it with Piedmont hazelnuts; the paste was handed out at the Carnival of 1865 by the masked character Gianduja and took his name. Up to thirty percent of it is nut oil, which drops its melting point close to body temperature.

In the kitchen

It will not temper like a couverture - the hazelnut oil keeps it soft. Set it in a frame at 16-18C, and if it has to hold a clean edge, cut it with twenty to thirty percent dark couverture.

Goes with

Hazelnut Coffee Orange Cream Pear Fleur de sel de Guérande

Same species

Cervione hazelnut Fresh green hazelnut Hazelnut Hazelnut flour Hazelnut oil Piedmont hazelnut

Also used with

Feuilletine

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