gianduja
/ˌjänˈdo͞oyə
/(also gianduia)
noun
Chocolate paste flavored with ground hazelnuts: the beignets were slightly crisp on the outside, with gianduja and powdered sugar [as modifier]: creamy gianduja gelatos...
- Once the gianduja paste is made, it's formed into mounds that are molded into a flat peak, then wrapped in gold foil.
- I simply can't do without their butterscotch gianduja.
- Gianduja is the star chocolate attraction here, a blend of milk chocolate and hazelnuts ground until smooth then formed into a paste.
Origin
Italian, from the name of a stock character in commedia dell'arte depicted as a jovial, wine-drinking peasant from the region of Piedmont, where the chocolate paste was first produced.