Best technique for skinning hazelnuts?

I needed to make a hazelnut paste for a recipe and skinning the hazelnuts took me way too much time.

My technique was to bake for 10 minutes at 375 and then rub them in a towel, but this seemed to only work for maybe 20% of the nuts. I repeated the process twice with 3-4 minute bakes but each time was only a marginal improvment so I had to pick most of them off by hand.

Should I bake longer? Hotter? Steam them in plastic wrap like a roasted chili after?

I see some people recommending blanching them but I'm not sure if I can get the roasted flavor if I proceed that way.

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