To make these sensational chocolate hazelnut spreads for Seggiano, 50 kg batches of nuts are toasted at low temperatures of circa 105 to preserve flavour and mineral salts; (the standard practice in industry is cooking at 205. ) The toasted nuts are stone milled, then mixed with ground cane sugar and cacao from Fairtrade or Equosolidale sources.
The cacao the DeAngelis use, when it is available, is Bolivian el ceibo.
