Strawberry Hazelnut Slice Recipes

STRAWBERRY HAZELNUT SLICE

Steps:

• Cake - Beat egg whites until soft peaks form, gradually add sugar, beating well after each addition, then add yolks, all at once, beat only until colour is evenly mixed through.
• Sift flour several times, then sift flour and hazelnuts over egg mixture and fold through lightly.
• Combine hot water and butter, stir until butter melts, pour all at once over mixture, fold through quickly and pour into greased and paper lined 28cm x 18cm (11" x 7") cake tin.
• Bake in 190-200 deg C (375-400 deg F)oven for 20 to 25 minutes or until lightly browned and elastic to touch, turn immediately on to wire rack and cool.
• Using a sharp knife, cut cake in half, horizontally and line tin with aluminium foil, place bottom half of cake in tin and sprinkle combined Cointreau and milk over cake.
• Spread prepared filling over cake then place remaining half of cake on top, refrigerate until filling has set.
• To serve, remove cake from refrigerator, remove from tin, trim edges, dust top with extra sifted icing sugar, heat jam and water in small saucepan, push through sieve (optional) and cut reserved strawberries in half (leaving leaves for colour), brush with glaze, decorate top of slice.
• Filling - Reserve 4-6 strawberries for decoration, wash and hull remaining strawberries, place in blender, blend on high speed 30 seconds, then add icing sugar, blend further 30 seconds.
• Sprinkle gelatine over water, stand over hot water until gelatine has disolved, cool slightly then whip cream until soft peaks form and stir in strawberry mixture then quickly fold in dissolved gelatine.

STRAWBERRY HAZELNUT CREPES

Steps:

• In a blender, add the eggs, milk and 1 cup water. Add the flour, pour in the melted butter and add the salt. Blend on high until well mixed, pausing to scrape the sides as needed. Transfer the batter to a container and refrigerate at least 2 hours before use.
• Heat a 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1/2 cup batter while swirling the pan to coat the pan's bottom. Cook 1 to 2 minutes, and then carefully flip the crepe. Spread some hazelnut spread and add some fresh sliced strawberries to the top right area of each crepe. Fold, remove from the skillet and serve.

STRAWBERRY HAZELNUT GATEAU

Steps:

• Beat the egg whites with salt until soft peaks form, gradually add sugar, beat until the sugar is dissolved and mixture is of meringue consistency.
• Beat in the vinegar and vanilla.
• Line bases of two 20cm springform pans with greased greaseproof paper which has been lightly dusted with cornflour.
• Spread meringue mixture evenly into tins.
• Sprinkle ground hazelnuts evenly over meringue in both tins.
• With a knife or small spatula, swirl hazelnuts lightly through meringue. Smooth over top of meringue with the back of a spoon.
• Bake in moderate oven 35 - 40 minutes or until meringue is crisp to touch; release sides of pan, cool on the base of the pan.
• Chop chocolate. Combine with water in top of double saucepan; stir over simmering water until melted; cool.
• Remove cakes from bases.
• Place a layer of meringue on a serving plate, flat side down; spread with a thin layer of chocolate. Spread whipped cream over chocolate. Reserve 4 strawberries, wash and hull the remainder, cut in half, arrange over cream.
• Spread the underside of second meringue with remaining chocolate mixture, place on top of strawberry layer, chocolate side down.
• Whip extra cream, cover sides and top of cake and if desired, pipe cream decoratively on top.
• Arrange reserved halved strawberries on top of cake. Refrigerate until ready to serve. If desired, brush strawberries used for decoration with warmed, sieved strawberry jam to give them a pretty glaze before arranging on cake. Cheers, Doreen Doreen Randal, Wanganui.
• New Zealand.

HAZELNUT SPONGE ROLL WITH STRAWBERRY CREAM

Steps:

• Also need 1 swiss roll tin, greased and lined with baking paper.
• Hull and slice a little over 1/2 punnet strawberries (sufficient to make up to 1 cup).
• Sprinkle with caster sugar.
• Whip the cream SOFTLY.
• Add vanilla essence, sliced strawberries and any syrup'residue' in the bottom of the bowl from the berries.
• Beat for a few seconds, mashing the strawberries into the cream.
• Separate eggs.
• Put YOLKS in small bowl, and WHITES into larger bowl.
• Whisk YOLKS and sugar until thick and creamy.
• Add hazelnuts and flour.
• Beat egg WHITES separately until stiff.
• Add a spoonful of the beaten egg whites to the yolks to soften slightly.
• Fold the yolk/hazelnut mixture gently through the the remaining beaten egg whites.
• Brush paper-lined swiss roll tin lightly with melted butter.
• Place the sponge mixture into the tin and spread quickly to the edges.
• Bake in a moderate oven for about 15-20 minutes.
• Turn out onto a clean TEATOWEL sprinkled well with sugar.
• Roll up (from the longest side).
• Roll the cloth INTO the cake!
• NOTE: be careful NOT to roll TOO tightly as this will cause the sponge to flatten.
• Hold hot cake for a few seconds, then gently UNroll- to remove the teatowel.
• Roll sponge back up and leave till cold, then unroll sufficiently enough to fill with the Strawberry Cream.
• Cut into thick slices and serve with the remaining strawberries (whole or halved).