Hazelnut oil

Huile de noisette

What it is

Sweeter and rounder than walnut oil, and rarer, because hazelnuts give less oil for the same weight. Piedmont uses it where Provence would reach for olive, and it turns a plain green salad into something that tastes cooked.

In the kitchen

A teaspoon at the end of a soup or a purée does more than a whole spoonful of butter. Add it off the heat.

Goes with

Hazelnut Lamb’s lettuce Goat cheese Pear Sherry vinegar Apple Beetroot Comté

Same species

Cervione hazelnut Fresh green hazelnut Gianduja Hazelnut Hazelnut flour Piedmont hazelnut

Also used with

Tapioca maltodextrin Miner's lettuce Sucrose ester Sunflower shoots Vitelotte potato

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