What Are Filberts and How Can I Use Them?
If filberts have turned up in a recipe or caught your eye at the store, here's what you need to use them with confidence and how to choose them, cook them, store them, what to substitute, and 8 recipes to try them in.
- In Chinese:
- 榛子
- British (UK) term:
- Filberts
- en français:
- noisettes
- en español:
- avellanas
Recipes using filberts
There are 8 recipes that contain this ingredient.
Lemon Filbert Logs
Lemon filbert logs are buttery shortbread-style cookies shaped into fingers, rolled in chopped hazelnuts, and baked golden. Bright lemon zest and brown sugar give each bite a citrusy, nutty crunch.
Kidney Bean Bonanza
Vegetarian baked kidney beans and brown rice topped with a blended hazelnut herb sauce and cashews. A protein-packed, curry-spiced main dish ready in 30 minutes.
Mole Castellano
Mole Castellano: a Spanish-style Mexican mole with four nuts, ancho chiles, and sesame seeds, simmered with turkey. A classic colonial-era mole without chocolate.
Chocolate Fruit & Nut Delight
Spiced devil's food bundt cake studded with brandy-soaked dates, raisins, and chopped filberts, all baked in the microwave and topped with tangy cream cheese frosting. Ready in under an hour.
Fried Wild Game Ravioli
Fried wild game ravioli stuffed with duck, pheasant, leeks, praline, sour cherries, and demi-glace, finished with a Frangelico hazelnut butter. A restaurant-caliber game dish.
German Filbert Cookies
German filbert cookies shape buttery hazelnut dough into delicate crescents and dust them in powdered sugar or dip in chocolate. Holiday cookie classic with deep nutty flavor.
Medivnyk (Traditional Honey Bread)
A tender bread with a slight orange taste. Excellent plain, toasted or for sandwiches.
Cream Filberts
Cream filbert cookies with a whole hazelnut hidden inside each shortbread ball, glazed in vanilla icing and rolled in sugar. Vintage Pacific Northwest holiday cookie with a sweet crackly finish.
