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Nutella Tartine

Name: Nutella Tartine
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 2 min
Total time: 7 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: ¼ cup Nutella; 4 slices brioche or challah bread; 1 ½ tablespoons butter, melted; ¼ cup orange marmalade (I used Bonne Maman); Coarse salt, optional; Toasted chopped hazelnuts, to garnish

posted by Liz Berg on February 10, 2012 (updated 3/22/24)

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This Nutella Tartine is a popular snack with French school children made with toasted brioche, creamy hazelnut spread and a smear of orange marmalade. Would my family enjoy this exotic twist on the classic peanut butter and jelly sandwich?

Nutella Tartine on a white plate with an orange slice

Nutella Tartine

Inspired by the French after school snack, pain au chocolat, Dorie’s twist is to use Nutella and add a bitter orange marmalade to the buttered and broiled toast. I only made one slice of this Nutella tartine from this 4 serving recipe, as I have the kids who like their peanut butter sandwiches sans jelly.

I won’t even mention what they think about nuts! These are the same children who were unimpressed with Nutella when it was served with their breakfast buffet in Florence. And they have half my DNA???

Nutella Tartine sprinkled with chopped hazelnuts on a white plate

An Exotic Twist on PB & J

Even though I could have eaten the whole jar of Nutella with a spoon, this didn’t wow me. I now know I prefer my Nutella without marmalade and my marmalade without Nutella. It’s not far off from a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, using Nutella instead of pb and marmalade instead of jelly or jam.

Since I have never liked the classic pb & j sandwich, it’s no surprise, I wasn’t a fan. But all those French children can’t be wrong, so give this Nutella tartine a try and let me know what you think!

This recipe is adapted from Around My French Table, by Dorie Greenspan (Houghton Mifflin, 2010).

The Recipe:

Nutella Tartine

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 2 minutes

Total Time 7 minutes

Yield 4

A gourmet twist on the peanut butter and jelly sandwich using Nutella and orange marmalade!

4.7 Stars (3 Reviews)

Ingredients

¼ cup Nutella
4 slices brioche or challah bread
1 ½ tablespoons butter, melted
¼ cup orange marmalade (I used Bonne Maman)
Coarse salt, optional
Toasted chopped hazelnuts, to garnish

Instructions

Preheat broiler. Line a baking sheet with foil, and set aside.
Put Nutella in a microwavable bowl. Heat until softened and warmed, 15-20 seconds.
Brush one side of each slice of bread with melted butter. Put the bread on the baking sheet with the buttered side up.
Broil the bread until the tops are lightly toasted, watching carefully to prevent burning.
Spread the orange marmalade over the toasted bread. Drizzle with warm Nutella. Sprinkle lightly with a coarse salt, if desired. Garnish with toasted hazelnuts.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Around My French Table.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 639Total Fat: 40gSaturated Fat: 15gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 22gCholesterol: 120mgSodium: 520mgCarbohydrates: 62gFiber: 5gSugar: 27gProtein: 13g

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71 Comments on “Nutella Tartine”

Parsley Sage — February 10, 2012 @ 8:29 pm Reply

Whelp, not every pairing is a match made in heaven 🙂 Certainly looks yummy tho!
Sandi — February 10, 2012 @ 7:52 pm Reply

Completely mouth watering Liz. Like, totally.
😉
Lacy @ NYCityEats — February 10, 2012 @ 7:23 pm Reply

It’s great that you get to try new recipes through this. I can’t see myself eating something like this BUT if you switched out the marmalade with peanut butter, I’d be all set! Still looks pretty! 🙂
Crunchy Creamy Sweet — February 10, 2012 @ 7:20 pm Reply

I am with you on the Nutella without the marmalade thing. Your presentation looks so tempting – I would love to try it anyways 🙂
Marta — February 10, 2012 @ 6:54 pm Reply

Damn you have found the key that makes me study harder for my exams!! 😀
Sunday Morning Banana Pancakes — February 10, 2012 @ 6:45 pm Reply

Orange and Nutella plus bread= heaven!
gobakeyourself — February 10, 2012 @ 6:29 pm Reply

This looks sensational, your presentation 😀 and I live the twist by using orange flavours!!!
As usual fabulous 🙂

Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Kat B — February 10, 2012 @ 11:21 pm Reply

I am from Germany and introduced my American-born children to Nutella. So instead of the typical PB & J they eat their peanut butter sandwiches with Nutella. It’s a bit like Reese’s peanut butter cups on bread. They’d eat it every day at every meal if I’d let them. I prefer my Nutella straight on a traditional Vollkornbrot (which I haven’t been able to find in the U.S.)
Suchi — February 10, 2012 @ 5:17 pm Reply

Chocolate and orange goes so well together. I am sure this tastes heavenly 🙂 They sure look super yummy!
maha — February 10, 2012 @ 10:03 pm Reply

A wonderful sweet! love it!u have a nice space vth lovely recipes……….
Carolyn — February 10, 2012 @ 9:58 pm Reply

Mmm, mmm, I wish I could eat this for breakfast every day!
Kelly | Eat Yourself Skinny — February 10, 2012 @ 4:26 pm Reply

This looks absolutely amazing!! Love this! 🙂
Cassie/Bake Your Day — February 10, 2012 @ 3:49 pm Reply

I know this is a sin but I’m not the hugest fan of Nutella. I love to bake with it though, this sounds like something that I would really enjoy!
Blackswan — February 10, 2012 @ 3:39 pm Reply

Now, who doesn’t like Nutella?? My family is a huge fan of Nutella & this makes a great snack!Auspicious Salmon Yu Sheng
Rathai — February 10, 2012 @ 3:18 pm Reply

This looks tempting beyond words. I love how you have presented this. It looks so delicious. Stunning pictures!
Elpiniki — February 10, 2012 @ 3:18 pm Reply

Looks so easy and yet so delicious!
Adriana — February 10, 2012 @ 3:03 pm Reply

Could it be you would rather used a different marmalade/fruit spread? It looks wonderful either way!
Pacheco Patty — February 10, 2012 @ 2:38 pm Reply

You crack me up with your ‘delicious for some’ comment! Your photos are lovely and your Nutella Tartine looks wonderfully scrumptious to me!
DEZMOND — February 10, 2012 @ 1:37 pm Reply

I vote for Nutella too, those chocolate hazelnut spreads are extremely popular in my country too and we have tones of them 🙂 Sometimes I just mixed them with some whipped cream and make the icing for some cake that way 🙂
And a slice orange has always been my fave decoration, it opens up my appetite whenever I see it!
The Mom Chef — February 10, 2012 @ 1:30 pm Reply

I adore hazelnut and am willing to forgive its association with chocolate simply because it alters the taste enough to make it palatable. This looks delicious (even to me). 🙂

Nutella Tartine