Nussecken (Nut Triangles)

By Hklbrries

This recipe is courtesy of Andreas Keller restaurant in Leavenworth, WA

Ingredients

• For the base:
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp Vanilla Sugar (see note)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup, plus 1 tbsp butter
• For the topping:
• 1 jar apricot jam
• 3/4 cup, plus 2 tbsp butter
• 4 tbsp water
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 tbsp Vanilla Sugar
• 14 ounces ground hazelnuts
• For the glaze:
• Melted dark chocolate
• Vanilla Sugar:
• Vanilla bean
• Sugar

Preparation

Step 1

To make the base: Sift the flour, baking powder, sugar and vanilla sugar together. Combine with eggs and 1/2 cup, plus 1 tbsp butter to make a dough. Roll it out into a rectangle and lay it on a baking sheet covered with parchment paper.

Brush the dough with apricot jam.

To make the topping: Heat 3/4 cup, plus 2 tbsp butter, water, sugar and Vanilla Sugar slowly in a saucepan and stir in ground hazelnuts. Allow this mixture to cool slightly then spread it over the apricot covered dough. Bake in a 350 F oven for 20 to 30 minutes. Cool and cut into small squares and then cut the squares diagonally into triangles. Dip each corner into melted dark chocolate and allow to harden before serving.

Note: To make Vanilla Sugar put a vanilla bean in a jar of sugar with a lid. The sugar will absorbe the vanilla flavor. Or in this recipe you may substitute one tsp vanilla extract for the Vanilla Sugar.

Nutrition Information:
Per serving
306 calories
21 g fat (7 g saturated, 59 percent fat calories)
4 g protein
28 g carbohydrate
42 mg cholesterol
1 g dietary fiber
110 mg sodium