Nutella

Nutella came to me through fate. We were sitting on the couch late on a Sunday afternoon. I was reading the newspaper, Will was doing work, and the Olympics were on TV in the background. I had just finished checking email and scrolling through a couple cooking blogs I like to follow when Will mentioned having nutella at breakfast that morning.
After his bike ride there was homemade nutella on the tables at the cafe where he had breakfast. He said it was really good. He wondered how hard it would be to make it. No more then 20 minutes earlier I had scrolled by a recipe for nutella on one of the blogs I follow and thought it looked tasty. Who doesn't love nuts and chocolate?!?! We decided it was fate and we had to make our own nutella.  (Sorry Dad, this recipe is not for you, it's all about hazelnuts.)

Ingredients:

• 1 cup hazelnuts
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 5 Tbs agave nectar
• 1 Tbs vanilla extract
• 1 Tbs hazelnut oil
• a pinch of sea salt

Directions:

1. Roast the nuts for 10 min at 350 deg - flip at least once during roasting process
2. After roasting rub off the skins from the nuts
3. Place the nuts in a food processor and run for 3-5 min - until smooth
4. Add all the additional ingredients and run until well combined and smooth
5. Store in the refrigerator
6. Spread on toasted bread and enjoy!