Walnut Pastries Filled With Chocolate Spread
If you love pastry you’ll adore this recipe for crumbly walnut pastries filled with chocolate spread. Eat just as they are or warm with cream or even ice-cream.
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Chocolate Spread
I have a house full of chocolate spread, now how wonderful is that? Luckily, I have lots of ideas on how to use it, including baking a batch of these chocolate walnut pastries. It’s been more years than I care to count since I last had chocolate spread, so how come I have a house full of it now?
Well, it just so happens that Atkins and Potts recently redesigned their packaging. At the same time they introduced some new products to their range. And some of those products are chocolate spread. As a chocolate expert, ahem, they sent me a few pots of their luxury chocolate spread to try.
I couldn’t wait to try some. And try some I did, spread on top of my homemade bagels. How deliciously decadent. It wasn’t long, however, before I was looking for something else to do with it. Ah ha! How about a recipe for chocolate walnut pastries using the luxury milk chocolate spread?
Of course you don’t have to use a commercial chocolate spread. Either my raw chocolate spread with cashew nuts or my roasted cashew chocolate spread are perfect.
Chocolate Filled Walnut Pastries
In essence, these walnut pastries are pastry cases which I’ve filled with chocolate spread and then topped with more pastry. Although the chocolate spread is the hidden surprise, it’s the pastry that’s the star of the show.
It’s an enriched pastry made with ground walnuts, egg and golden caster sugar for sweetness. I’ve used my favourite wholemeal spelt flour because it just makes such delicious short pastry.
I wasn’t really sure what to call these gorgeous crumbly nutty delights. Are they tarts? Mini pies maybe? Or are they biscuits? Not being at all sure, I’ve opted for pastries. What would you call them?
We ate these chocolate walnut pastries just as they were at room temperature. But I’m very sure they’d be even more delicious eaten warm with clotted cream or ice-cream. In fact they would be perfect for a cosy Valentine’s supper. I was delighted by the pastry which was beautifully crumbly, rich and walnutty.
The chocolate spread oozed out of the middle in a rather seductive way and I just couldn’t resist. No wonder they didn’t last long.
Walnut Pastries: Top Tips
Making Pastry
I’ve used a food processor to make this pastry as it’s quick and easy. If, however, you prefer to make your pastry by hand, you’ll need to roughly grind the walnuts first.
Once you’ve done that rub the butter into the flours, baking powder and sugar with your fingertips until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Tip in the walnuts. Add the egg and water and stir with a flat bladed knife until the mixture starts to clump. Bring it all together with your hands and proceed as per the recipe.
Resting Pastry
You can make the walnut pastry in advance if you want to get ahead. You can keep it in the fridge for a couple of days. I made it the day before and kept it out in my cool kitchen overnight.
If you keep it in the fridge for a long time, bring it back up to room temperature for half an hour or so, or it will be too hard to roll.
Pastry Filling
You don’t have to stick to chocolate spread as a filling for these walnut pastries. A friend made them with Biscoff (a biscuit spread) and said they were pretty dreamy. Or how about a lovely homemade fruity jam? That could be good too.
Other Walnut Recipes You Might Like
- Chinese walnut cookies
- Chocolate, apricot & walnut meringues
- Mushroom & walnut pâté
- Prune porridge topped with toasted walnuts
- Walnut brownies (gluten-free)
- Whisky & walnut cakes
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Chocolate Walnut Pastries – The Recipe
Chocolate Filled Walnut Pastries
Ingredients
- 50 g walnuts + 4 halves
- 75 g wholemeal spelt flour
- 75 g plain flour (all purpose flour) (or use more wholemeal spelt)
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 75 g golden caster sugar
- 50 g butter
- 1 large egg (I used a duck egg)
- 1 tbsp water
- 16 tsp chocolate spread
- a little milk for brushing
- icing sugar for dusting (optional)
Instructions
Pastry
- Pulse the walnuts in a food processor until roughly chopped.50 g walnuts
- Add the flours, baking powder, sugar and butter and pulse again until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.75 g wholemeal spelt flour, 75 g plain flour (all purpose flour), 75 g golden caster sugar, 50 g butter, ½ tsp baking powder
- Break in the egg and add the water, then pulse again until the crumbs are starting to come together.1 large egg, 1 tbsp water
- Bring the dough together with your hands to form a ball.
- Cover with a wax cloth or plastic bag and leave in a cook place for half an hour, or overnight if that suits you better.
Filled Pastries
- Set the oven to 180℃ (160℃ fan, 350℉, Gas 4).
- Roll the pastry out to about ¼ cm (an 1/8 of an inch) in thickness.
- Cut 4 x 10 cm diameter circles out using the top of the tart tins as a guide. Put to one side.
- Re-roll the pastry, if necessary and cut 4 more circles to line the tart cases. Use the off cuts to fill in any gaps.
- Spread four teaspoons of your chosen chocolate spread over each base.16 tsp chocolate spread
- Top with the pastry circles and press the sides in to seal.
- Brush each one with milk and place a walnut half on top of each one.a little milk for brushing
- Bake in the centre of the oven for twenty minutes or until golden.
- Leave to cool then dust with icing sugar, if liked.icing sugar for dusting
Notes
Nutrition Estimate
Sharing
So, as one of these chocolate walnut pastries would be perfect for sharing, I’m entering them into Tea for Two. Homemade by Fleur is hosting this Virtual Valentine Bake Off event.
Wow, I will never think of chocolate spread as just being something my youngest will only eat on sandwiches… yuk. I like you have a home full of it and never ever thought of using it in cooking. Thanks for this, its a great idea.
very unusual worth a try 🙂
These look absolutely beautiful, like something out of a French patisserie! I bet they taste as good too!
I love these already without tasting them and I have chocolate spread in my kitchen unexpectedly that is crying out for this recipe!
Go Johanna go 😉
I’d love a bite of this tart! Sooo yummy!
Only one bite Alida? Surely you could manage two 😉
Now these little round goodies of deliciousness seem to have my name written all over them. How good does that sound! Thanks Choc!
Haha, you’re very welcome Brydie and I’m very happy to write your name all over them 😀
This sounds so good! I love that it’s almost a pastry biscuit with a gooey lovely middle.
Thanks Caroline. Trying to classify these was really rather difficult – a pastry biscuit sounds good to me 🙂
What a gorgeous combination! The walnut pastry sounds incredible and goes so well with the liquid chocolate filling – delicious!
Thanks Katharine – the filling oozing out over crumbly pastry was really rather special, if very naughty 😉
oh yummy yum yum! Walnut & Chocolate a classic combo!
Thanks Poyma, yes a lovely combination indeed.
Oh, don’t they look nice!! So pretty with the walnut half decorating the top! Perfect for Valentine’s Day, as you say! x
Thank you Celia, if I didn’t have cake club on Valentine’s Day, I’d be very tempted to make them again 🙂
These look terrific! I’ll need to check out the chocolate spread.
Be careful, that chocolate spread is dangerous stuff 😉
These look really delicious and such a good idea too.
Thanks Maggie 🙂
These look amazing! Did you find it quite a lot of pastry and chocolate spread to get through, or are they the perfect single portion size? I can’t quite work out how big they are from the pics!
Well depends on the person as to perfect portion size. Being piggies CT and I were happy to eat a whole one each. They are about 10 cm diameter on top and 8 cm diameter at bottom.
Delicious-looking treats. You’re making me crave chocolate spread. I can’t remember the last time I had any.
Probably as long ago as me Phil. Somehow, it doesn’t seem very adult to eat chocolate spread :-S
What a brilliant idea. That chocolate spread melting out from warm nutty pastry sounds just about perfect. I am interested in finding out more about this lovely chocolate spread and there is nothing better than home made treats such as these 🙂
Thank you Laura, I so wished I’d tried these warm now. Having said that, I now have a perfect excuse to make them again. These are definitely on my make again and again list.
How delicious. I’m really interested to read your review of the chocolate spread, too : )
Thanks Charlotte. I’ve posted the review now.
Oh my goodness those look good Choclette. I would never have thought of that. You are a genius lady!
Thanks Jac *blushes hugely*.
Wowzers! These look just soo very beautiful and rich! Love that light brown crusty with the pretty walnut embellishment! So classic looking!
Thank you Susan, I am, errr, rather partial to rich chocolate pastries 🙂
Those look very good indeed. I love how simple the outside seems only to reveal a gooey chocolate spread filling!
Thanks Janice – they were a good foil for each other.
these look amazing and really delicious I love walnuts!!
Thank you Gloria, walnuts really are wonderful.
They’re very pretty indeed – your pastry looks delicious. And a house full of chocolate spread can never be a bad thing. I’d be interested in recommendations for chocolate spread without nuts though – you don’t see very much of it or it tends to be made using lower quality ingredients….
These Atkins and Potts are pretty good Caroline and NO NUTS. I’ve reviewed them on my next post.
A house full of chocolate spread… you’re living the dream!
Not much point having a chocolate blog if you can’t live the dream 😉
I have some wholemeal spelt left – what a fab way to use it!
Oh do CC, do 🙂
They sound wonderful. I’ve not tried wholemeal flour in a sweet pastry before, something I should really try. Also love the walnut and chocolate spread combo, they’d be gone in a flash here!
I grew up with wholemeal flour, it’s white flour which is still a novelty for me 🙂
I’m sure they didn’t last long!! What a delightful combination with the walnut and chocolate.
Luckily for us Kate, chocolate is a real star; it goes with just about everything 😉
Oh, oh, they look so wonderful and … I need to check my supply of chocolate spread.
And did you find any Chocolate spread Chris?
Love these walnut pastries..they look fabulous!
Thank you Angie
Looks good! The pastry sure good to go with any sweet filling. Thanks for sharing!
You’re right Vivian, these would be really good with a nice homemade jam too.
These look & sound absolutely divine!! I adore walnuts, so that’s a great start…and anything short & crumbly too! Will be making for dessert tonight, definitely. Have a great day, hope all is good with you x
Oh Rachel, you are lovely. So glad they inspired you to make your wonderful cookies.
Oh My Gawd C these look totally divine! I’m loving that pastry recipe so much. It sounds incredible and I must get me some of that spread. Oh yes!
Aww, thanks Dom. They were pretty wondrous and if you’re not greedy like us, just perfect for sharing 😉