Hazelnut Chocolate Spread Recipe Help

[Louise22]

Hello,
I'm following a Jamie Oliver recipe for chocolate spread. But the ingredients of 40g hazelnuts and 100g caster sugar isn't forming a paste as it suggests in recipe! Anyone have any reason why? Or solutions? I'm making an Xmas gift so starting to panic!! Do I need more hazelnuts maybe??

Thanks all in advance

 

[ChesterV]

Can't really tell unless you post the recipe and what you have done so far.

 

[Becky]

Is it this recipe?

http://www.jamieoliver.com/news-and-features/features/how-to-make-your-own-chocolate-spread/

I've never done that recipe before, but I've made similar things. You've got to process the nuts for a loooong time before it forms a paste. Do you have a high powered food processor?

 

[ChesterV]

If the nuts are old, or have been baked too long, the oils wont separate from them and you can get a powdery kind of paste. You can add a tiny bit of oil to it to help it smooth out and process correctly.