Chocolate Hazelnut...Do You Like-a the Nuts?

Hello, hello, hello. I'm promptly on time with my thoughts on the chocolate hazelnut pie and deserve no heckling. Although, you guys are pretty nice and don't heckle me when I blow a deadline. Get mean, people. Come on!

I took a whack at chocolate hazelnut by quadrupling this recipe for chocolate custard (using semi-sweet chocolate instead), reducing the sugar by a third, adding in a cup of coarsely chopped hazelnuts (or filberts, if you wanna giggle) and sprinkling sea salt on the top.

My thoughts...I don't like nuts in my pies, people. Keep your darn nuts out of my pies. I had to say that. I'm laughing pretty hard right now. OK...get serious. So, I don't like the texture. I like my chocolate smooooooooth, with maybe some nuts on top. Next time, I'll just sprinkle the hazelnuts on top and mix hazelnut oil into the chocolate. I really liked this chocolate custard recipe in terms of how it set. I do want to work on the taste. Because I only had semi-sweet chocolate in the pantry, my custard came out a bit too sweet. Should've peeled back on the sugar more.

I am not a huge fan of salt on chocolate or salt on caramel or whatever the big kick is now. I feel my blood pressure rising. For some, the salt may be great. For me, I'd prefer not to have it. So, that's how I feel about this chocolate hazelnut pie.

Next Wednesday, give me a challenge. What would you like me to make?