Hazelnuts

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Hazelnuts have been a feature of the human diet since prehistory. Hazelnuts are thought to have originated in Asia, from where they spread to Europe, making them one of the oldest crops in the region.

RECIPES WITH Hazelnuts

50 mins

Beginner
These individual Oaty Nutty Crumbles are a great way to use up any fruit going soft in the fruit bowl, the recipe can be adapted to use seasonal fruit also!

30 mins

Beginner
Roasted nuts and dried fruits, tumbled with spices. The key to this recipe is toasting the nuts well, to really bring out the rich, nutty flavours.

Nut & Dried Fruit Origins

NUTS & DriED
FRUIT QUIZ

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Which nut was found in the sites destroyed by Mount Vesuvius?

Correct! Wrong!

Correct answer: b) Carbonize hazelnuts have been recovered from sites destroyed by Mount Vesuvius and provide valuable historical evidence that hazelnuts were used by the ancient Campanians of the 1st century AD.

Since prehistorical times, the hazelnut has formed part of the diet. True or false?

Correct! Wrong!

Correct answer: True. The origin of the hazelnut seems to be in Asia, from which it extended to Europe, where it constitutes one of the oldest agricultural cultivations.

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Macaroni with hazelnut sauce

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