HOLLANDSE HAZELNOOT & BASTERD

DUTCH GIANDUJA

soft hazelnut dark chocolate bar

 

Numbered limited micro batch: 120 bars

This bar was on our “make-wish-list” for a very long time. We crafted a Hollandse Hazelnoot & Basterd dark chocolate bar. You could consider it a Dutch version of Gianduja. It contains a higher percentage cacao and hazelnuts than the traditional Italian recipes.

Only 120 bars are made…

 

What makes this bar special?

Even many Dutch are not aware that the hazelnut is endemic to The Netherlands. There are only 3 small farms and we have selected ’t Joostenhuus farm. We used two varieties for complex and prolonged hazelnut flavour. Dutch hazelnuts have a profound flavour that reminds us of chestnut and a smell of cherry wood. They are genuinely somewhat sweeter than Piemontese nocciole.

We added a typical Dutch sugar called “basterdsuiker” and is officially recognised as local specialty by the European Union. Basterdsuiker is a mix of fine granulated crystal Dutch beet sugar, invert sugar and caramelised sugar syrup. This sugar is often used in classic Dutch pastries.

The cacao comes from the KSS cooperative on Bali, organic certified, grown in agroforestry. Thanks to the sophisticated way of working of KSS, all bags of cacao are traceable up to the production date and farms. Thereof, we were able to select lovely floral cacaobeans from small group of farmers within the cooperative.

 

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TASTING NOTES

Hazelnut, caramel, gentle dark Indonesian cacao, flower, fruit liqueur, light notes of field herbs, chestnut, cherry wood

 

ABOUT THE INGREDIENTS

CACAO: ☑︎ Single Origin ☐ Blend of multiple origins ☑︎ Single Cooperative ☐ Single Estate ☐ Single genotype ☑︎ Mix of genotypes ☐ Organic ☑︎ Organic Certified ☑︎ Rainforest Alliance	CRAFT: ☐ Single Roast ☑︎ Multiple Roasting profiles ☐ Single batch aged chocolate ☐ Solera Style aged mix ☑︎ Stone ground ☐ Two stage grinding ☐ Two stage conching
OTHER INGREDIENTS: ☑︎ Dutch Hazelnut ☑︎ Dutch Basterd Sugar ☑︎ Sunflower Lecithine	ALLERGENS: ☐ Milk / Lactose ☑︎ Nuts ☐ Soy ☐ Gluten ☐ Egg
TRADE: ☑︎ Direct/Transparent Trade	NOTES: ☑︎ Non GMO ☑︎ Vegan

 

AVAILABLE AT:

NAME	CITY	STORE
Cacao and Spice	Amsterdam	Local Shop / Online
Dave's Koffiebranderij	Amsterdam	Local Shop / Online
Beauty by Brigitte	Amsterdam	Local
Simon Lévelt Centraal Station	Amsterdam	Local Shop
Van Roselen	Amsterdam	Local Shop / Online
The Chocolate Shop	Den Haag	Local Shop / Online
Florentina chocolates	Rotterdam	Local Shop / Online
Evermore	Rotterdam	Local Shop / Online
Theemaas	Rotterdam	Local Shop

 

EXCEPTIONAL CRAFT

A variety of in-house developed techniques is used to craft the unique Heinde & Verre chocolate. The cacao beans of one single farmer are handselected and roasted in multiple ways to bring out as many flavours as possible.