Finely chopped hazelnuts are a versatile ingredient in the kitchen: they can be used to decorate cakes and biscuits, to sprinkle on a cheese risotto or on your salad. Using prime-quality finely chopped hazelnuts is absolutely essential.

The “Tonda Gentile” hazelnuts from the Langhe, also called Langarola hazelnuts, are a safe bet. The Piedmont PGI hazelnuts by Terra delle Nocciole are flavourful, aromatic and are picked at the perfect moment, i.e. when they fall off the tree. Afterwards, they are processed by hand and finely chopped.

Piedmont hazelnuts are a worldwide renowned delicacy protected by the consortium ‘Langarola hazelnuts’. They are cultivated and picked so as to contain as little aflatoxin as possible, which on the contrary can be found in a much higher percentage in hazelnuts sourced abroad.