I don't feel up to doing all the fancy formating right now (long day), so you're getting big, centered pictures of my Adventures in Challah. I think you can deal with that.
As I noted yesterday in the
caramel pecan rolls post, the recipe came from "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day," as adapted by Jaden at
Steamy Kitchen. Happily, Jaden provided another recipe so I could use up the rest of the dough with something different:
No-Knead Nutella and Roasted Hazelnut Challah.
Well, I didn't have any Nutella on hand, but I did have a jar of almond butter and a 2 oz. bar of Sharffen Berger 60% pure dark chocolate. Here they are in wedded bliss, no roller skates and earphones needed:
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The dough, as before, is shaped into a loaf and left to sit for a bit to warm up, then divided in three and rolled out into snakes, with an indent poked down the length of each one to receive the filling.
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Then the sides are pinched together and the snakes braided to make a loaf.
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Brush with egg wash, scatter toasted crushed almonds on top (I didn't have hazelnuts, either) and bake. Pretty!
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Again with the close-up (see the filling there?):
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I let it cook a little too long, since I was thinking it should be a little more golden on the top, but it still tasted quite fine. I don't have pictures of it sliced because it went straight to work and was devoured quickly.
When I make this again, I will use much more filling. Much much more. And get sliced almonds for the top.
beautiful! slather nutella on each slice! i tried another one with more Nutella, but it just got really messy. I wonder if we could just put a layer of Nutella on top before the Almond/Hazelnut topping?
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to stop reading this blog at work. If I get caught one more time with my tongue on the screen...
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to try more filling anyway. Messy = finger-lickin' good!
ReplyDeleteOr screen-licking good.