Chocolate Easter eggs with Nutella

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Ingredients

for 2 chocolate eggs:

• 3 oz (85 g) dark baking chocolate
  
• 1/3 cup (85 g) butter
  
• 3/8 cup (85 g) superfine sugar
  
• 3 oz (85 g) ground hazelnuts
  
• 3 eggs
  
• 1 pinch salt
  
• 4 tbsp Nutella (chocolate paste)
  
• 2 oz (65 g) milk chocolate (decoration)

Preparation

• Cut chocolate into pieces and melt in a pan with butter, making sure that the temperature remains low
  
• Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C)
  
• Separate egg whites from yolks
  
• In mixing bowl, whip yolks and sugar until mixture turns pale
  
• Beat egg whites + pinch of salt until very stiff
  
• In frying pan, toast ground hazelnuts, then, once cooled, mix with melted chocolate, then add yolk-sugar mixture
  
• Add stiffly beaten egg whites, taking care not to deflate them
  
• Fill molds and cook 15 min. Allow to cool before unmolding
  
• Spread with Nutella and join the two egg halves, and, if necessary, hold together with ribbons.

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