Throughout the Willamette Valley, orchards with stout, spreading trees pop in the fall with the sound of hazelnuts dropping. Crack one open and you'll swear you taste Oregon. This week baker Elizabeth Beekley from Two Tarts Bakery in Portland grabs a basket and goes harvesting at a farm near Monmouth to gather hazelnuts at the source for one of her many sought-after sweets.
I had no idea Hazelnuts had that rare of a growing environment. (The more you know).
The shortbread with filling is reason enough to drive across the country...mmm.
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