hazelnuts.

[bramble]

There's a hazelnut tree at the back of my house and I have had a bucket full of nuts from it.
Trouble is, I don't know what to do with them.
Anyone got any ideas?

[Rhona]

Torrone! Italian/Sicilian nougat. Many recipes out there but a particularly good one on Epicurean.com

You could deffo give that away at Christmas as Secret Santa (please please let Bramble be my SS if torrone's involved).

[Nicos]

The locals here put them in Calvados ( apple brandy)
I've got one jar on the go so far...takes flipping ages to shell them!!!

[Hilary B]

As mentioned under walnuts, ground hazelnuts can be substituted for ground almonds in an alternative 'marzipan'. Coffee grinder or just blender. You might get a bit more texture than expected, but not necessarily a bad thing...

[coreopsis]

I was wondering what to do with mine...I'll try to find the recipe(it's somewhere here) for rum truffles and smother them with crashed hazelnuts rather than dusting in cocoa

[coreopsis]

Here,hopeI'll manage to paste it right http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...les_25239.html

[bramble]

thanks to all who posted and gave me some very good ideas.

Nicos, I crack the nuts with my garlic crusher (one nut fits snugly inside) and they break very easily.

[Bren In Pots]

I'd have never thought of using a garlic crusher, thanks

[Polly Fouracre]

You can roast and salt them and store them in jars, lovely!

[bramble]

Bren, I have to say I wouldn't have thought of that idea either but my 5 year old granddaughter was looking in the cutlery drawer to find something to crack them and next thing I know she's cracking them easy as pie.

[Bren In Pots]

It will be good to know for next year, because when we were camping the other week there was loads of them but seeing as I couldn't open them up I soon gave up.

[Rhona]

There's a recipe in yesterday's Observer for Nigel Slater's whole hazlenut cookies - looks fab. You can probably find it on the website. I thought of you.