Chocolate Hazelnut Pie
This pie is decadent and delicious. Chocolate and hazelnuts combine to create the most delicious pie that smells and tastes like Nutella.
Ingredients
For the Crust:
- 2½ C hazelnuts I prefer roasted lightly salted ones
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- 6 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
For the Filling:
- 2 C chocolate chips I use milk chocolate but dark chocolate is also fine.
- 1/2 C unsalted butter
- 1 C heavy whipping cream
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1/4 C chopped hazelnuts
- 1 tbsp hot fudge sauce
Instructions
For the Crust:
- Pour Hazelnuts into a food processor and grind for about one minute. Really watch this. You want the nuts to become crumbs but don't let it go too far or you will have hazelnut butter on your hands. Once the nuts seem finely ground set them aside.
- Whisk together the brown sugar, salt and melted butter. Pour the hazelnuts into the butter mixture and mix well.
- Pour the hazelnuts into a 9 inch deep dish pie plate. Press the hazelnuts into the bottom and up the sides of the pie plate, to form an even crust all the way around.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 15-20 minutes.
- If the side fall while baking, just let the crust cool for about five minutes then press it back into place.
- Allow this to cool to room temperature before filling.
For the Filling:
- Whisk the heavy whipping cream with a whisk attachment on a hand mixer in a large bowl. Once the cream starts to come together and thicken add in the powdered sugar. Continue to whisk until the cream forms stiff peaks.
- In a microwave safe bowl (or over a double boiler if you don't want to microwave) combine the butter and the chocolate chips.
- Microwave on high for 20 seconds. Take out the bowl, stir, then microwave again for 20 seconds. Continue to follow these steps until the chocolate chips have completely melted and the the mixture is smooth. This only takes about 1 minute.
- Carefully fold the chocolate into the whipped cream. See my video below on folding. Once everything is evenly mixed, pour the chocolate mix into the pie crust and spread out evenly with your spoon. Top with the 1/4 C hazelnuts and spread the hot fudge sauce over the top with a spoon to create a nice drizzle.
- Chill for at least 4 hours.