Chocolate Hazelnut Lava Cakes - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1/2 cup milk
    1.5 oz dark chocolate, coarsely chopped
    7 tbsp butter, chopped
    1/3 cup cocoa powder
    1/2 cup self-rising flour
    1/4 cup ground hazelnuts
    1/3 cup granulated sugar
    3/4 cup brown sugar
    1 None egg, beaten lightly
    None None Chocolate Hazelnut Sauce
    1/2 cup heavy cream
    2 tbsp brown sugar
    2 oz dark chocolate, finely chopped
    1/2 cup Nutella spread
    1 tbsp Frangelico liqueur
    3/4 cup vanilla ice cream, to serve
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350\u00b0F. Grease 4 - 8 oz ramekins.
    In a small saucepan, combine milk, chocolate, 4 tbsp butter and half the cocoa powder. Stir over low heat until smooth. Combine flour, ground hazelnuts, granulated sugar and 1/2 the brown sugar. Add chocolate mixture and egg and stir until combined. Distribute between prepared ramekins.
    Combine remaining butter, brown sugar and cocoa powder in a small saucepan over low heat and stir until smooth. Distribute between ramekins then bake, uncovered, for 25 mins.
    Meanwhile, to make the chocolate hazelnut sauce, combine heavy cream and brown sugar in small saucepan. Bring to a boil then remove from heat. Add chocolate and stir until smooth. Add nutella and liqueur. Stir until smooth.
    To serve, top lava cakes with ice cream and chocolate hazelnut sauce.

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