500g Natural Hazelnut Kernels

When raw hazelnuts are something you cook with regularly rather than now and then, a small pack runs out too fast. This 500 g pack of Ginut natural kernels is meant for that kind of kitchen. The Giresun hazelnuts inside are unroasted, so you decide what they become: roasted to your taste, blended into hazelnut milk or nut butter, or stirred into big batches of granola. Buying half a kilo also works out cheaper per gram than getting through one small pack after another.

What Half a Kilo Can Become

A jar of hazelnut butter. The whole pack gives roughly a half-kilo jar. Lay the kernels out in a single layer and roast them in a preheated oven at 160-170 °C for 12-15 minutes, stirring once midway. They are ready when the skins have darkened and begun to split — lean towards early rather than late, as they go on cooking once out of the oven. Rub them warm in a clean cloth so most of the skins fall away, then process them in a powerful blender for 8-10 minutes.

Several litres of hazelnut milk. Soak the nuts overnight and drain them. For each part of hazelnuts, blend in four parts fresh water, then pour it through a fine cloth. Salt (just a pinch), a date or a little vanilla can go in if you wish. The milk keeps for a few days in the fridge. Expect it to separate and shake it before pouring.

A season of granola. Make granola and muesli in batches, roast a portion of the pack and keep the rest raw for whatever is heading into the oven next.

Why the Bigger Pack

• 500 g of raw kernels, at a lower cost per gram.
• Unroasted, additive-free and 100% Giresun hazelnuts.
• Plenty for a full jar of homemade hazelnut butter.
• You set both the roast and the salt.
• Made for batch-cooking granola and muesli.
• A good match for anything that goes through the oven.
• Milder and milkier than roasted nuts; roasting is what intensifies the aroma and brings the crunch.

Product Information

Splitting and Storing a Large Pack

After opening, divide the kernels. Keep the portion you are working through in a closed jar in the kitchen, and move the rest to the fridge or freezer. Raw hazelnuts react to heat and moisture more than roasted kernels do, but handled like this they keep their freshness for months.

Before You Buy or Bake

Is the 500 g size worth it over smaller packs?
If raw hazelnuts are a regular ingredient for you, yes: the price per gram is better than buying small packs again and again, and there is enough for batch recipes.

Do I have to roast the whole pack at once?
No. Roast only as much as you need and leave the remainder raw.

How do I know if stored kernels are past their best?
Taste and smell a few. If they taste bitter or smell sharp, they should not be used.