Hazelnut Paste

Turn a jar of Ginut hazelnut paste around and the ingredients panel is short: roasted Giresun hazelnuts, ground smooth, and, in one of the two recipes, sugar. You will not find palm oil or any other vegetable oil, milk powder, cocoa, emulsifiers, flavourings or preservatives. The sweetened recipe is 70% hazelnuts to 30% sugar; the other is a pure 100% hazelnut butter with no sugar added. Every jar is glass.

Sweetened or sugar-free?

• 70% hazelnut, sweetened: 180 g, 300 g or 640 g jars. The sweet one children reach for.
• 100% hazelnut, sugar-free: 160 g, 300 g or 600 g jars. No added sugar; suitable for vegans.
• Size changes the quantity, never the recipe: a small jar to try, a large one once it is a staple.

Questions about the jar

How is this different from a typical chocolate hazelnut spread?
Most supermarket spreads are built on cocoa, milk powder and palm oil, with nuts making up only a small share. Ginut Hazelnut Paste holds hazelnuts alone, plus sugar in the sweetened recipe.

There is a layer of oil on the surface. Has it gone off?
No. It is the hazelnuts' own oil, rising because no emulsifier holds it in place: a sign that nothing has been added, not of spoilage. Mix it back in with a clean, dry spoon.

Can I sweeten the sugar-free paste myself?
Yes. Stir in honey or date paste and set the sweetness to your own taste.