Hazelnut

Also called filbert and cobnut

Hazelnut is a nut whose seed is eaten raw or roasted. Cooks use it in baking and blend it into pastes, and it pairs with chocolate.

Plant-based

About the plain ingredient, not packaged products; general information, not medical advice. Details

Category: Nuts & seeds
Part used: Seed
Cooked most in: Asia, Europe
Top country: France
Dishes: 2 in the catalogue

Photo: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use hazelnut

Typical ways to cook or use it

Bake
Paste blend
Raw
Roast

Preparing it

The thin brown skin can be removed before cooking.

Goes well with

chocolate

On the table

Dishes made with hazelnut

2 dishes in the catalogue use it.

Nokul
Türkiye
Quatre mendiants
France

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include hazelnut.

Good to know

Diet and allergens: hazelnut in detail

These notes describe the plain ingredient. Packaged and prepared products vary, so read the label; for allergies and medical diets ask a doctor or dietitian.

Allergens: None of the 15 listed allergens foundChecked and not found: eggs, fish, milk, molluscs, sulphites, crustaceans.
Animal origin: No animal ingredients foundChecked and not found: egg, fish, meat, dairy, honey, insect, gelatin, poultry, bone char, shellfish, other animal, animal fining, animal rennet.
Alcohol: None
Pork: None

Family

Related forms

A kind of: nut

Around the world

What hazelnut is called

Names in 73 languages, from Wikidata.

Spanish
avellana
French
noisette
Italian
nocciola
Portuguese
avelã
German
Haselnuss
Dutch
hazelnoot
Greek
φουντούκι
Turkish
orman fındığı
Russian
лесной орех · фундук · лещина
Polish
orzech laskowy
Arabic
بندق · البندق
Persian
فندق

Show all 73 languages

Afrikaans
haselneut
Albanian
lajthi
Aragonese
avellana · abillana · abellana · avillana
Armenian
պնդուկ
Asturian
ablana · abiana · abrana
azb
فیندیق
Bangla
হ্যাজেল বাদাম
Bashkir
урман сәтләүеге
Basque
hur
Belarusian
лясны арэх
Belarusian (Taraskievica orthography)
лясны арэх
Brazilian Portuguese
avelã
Cantonese
榛果
Catalan
avellana
Cebuano
abelyana
Cherokee
ᏳᎩᏓ
Chinese
榛子 · 榛果
Chuvash
вăрман мăйăрĕ
Czech
lískový ořech
Danish
hasselnød
Egyptian Arabic
بندق
Esperanto
avelo
Estonian
sarapuupähkel · metspähklid · sarapuupähklid · metspähkel
Filipino
abelyana
Finnish
hasselpähkinä
Galician
abelá
Gilaki
فندق
Haitian Creole
nwazèt
Hebrew
אגוז לוז
hyw
կաղին
Indonesian
kacang hazel
Interlingua
avellana
Japanese
ヘーゼルナッツ · ヘイゼルナッツ
Javanese
kacang hazel
Kashmiri
ویٛۆٹھ چنہٕ
Korean
헤이즐넛 · 개암 · 헤즐넛
Ladino
avyána
Latin
nux avellana
Latvian
lazdu rieksti
Luxembourgish
Hieselnoss
Macedonian
лешник
Malay
kacang hazel · kacang buah Corylus
Manchu
ᠰᡳᠰᡳ
Mazanderani
گلغوزک
Navajo
neeshchʼíínímazí
Nepali
क‌‌‌टुस
Norwegian Bokmål
hasselnøtt
Norwegian Nynorsk
hasselnøtt
Piedmontese
ninsòla
Pontic
λεφτοκάρ'
Romanian
alună
Serbian
lešnik · lešnik (plod)
Sicilian
nucidda
Simplified Chinese
榛子
Slovenian
lešnik
Swedish
hasselnöt
Thai
เฮเซลนัต
Traditional Chinese
榛子
Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)
榛子
Tunisian Arabic (Arabic)
بوفريوة
Ukrainian
ліщинні горіхи
Upper Sorbian
lěskowy worješk · worješk
Urdu
بندق
Venetian
nozeła
Vietnamese
hạt phỉ
Võro
sarapuupähkmäs

Sources and credits

Data

GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q578307

Photos

Photo: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons