Questions tagged [nuts]
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Mortar used to process paste containing candlenuts - risk of contaminating raw foods?
If I use a mortar and pestle for working with candlenuts (who are considered mildly toxic when raw), to make a paste that is later cooked, how thoroughly and how does that mortar (not dishwasher proof,...
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Macadamia nuts in Malaysian cooking
I've seen that macadamia nuts can be used as a substitute for candlenuts in Malaysian cooking. Is it a 1:1 substitution or do you need more macadamias. I'm not familiar with candlenuts, but pictures ...
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What should roasted pistachio oil smell like?
I've had a bottle of roasted pistachio oil sitting in my refrigerator for about two years now, that someone gifted me. Every day I open the refrigerator and it stares at me. Today I decided that ...
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What is the use of oil in this recipe? Can I do without?
I have made this caramelized nuts recipe (here, it's in french), which contains olive oil.
The taste is good, but since it's something you eat with your fingers, they get all greasy quite fast.
Why ...
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Attempt to make praline paste failed -- what should I do differently?
I attempted this recipe:
70 g hazelnuts
100 sugar
1 pinch salt
Toast nuts at 400 F for 10 mins.; let cool.
Put sugar in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and render into caramel over medium-low heat.
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brittle layered nut candies
A couple years ago I was given a box of delicious Soan Papdi made by Haldiram Co. The ingredients listed are: almonds, pistachios, vegetable ghee, sugar, wheat flour, gram flour, cardamom. It had the ...
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I have some old smoked nuts- can I make anything with them?
They were smoked so they are not rancid. They are just rather flat in flavor. Are there any options for use? They are smoked almonds and brazil nuts.
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if you fry nuts in vegetable shortening is there still nut allergy risk?
Nut allergies present in vegetable shortening from Frying pecans or does it dissipate?
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What kind of nut is this?
Nuts are not very popular in my region, this is the first time I have this kind of nut, can you let me know what its name is?
Thank you.
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Nutrient composition of cheap cashews/nuts
Is there a difference in the nutrient composition of cheap (home brand) raw/salted cashews sold in supermarkets like Walmart/Costco/Coles/Woolworths etc compared to other branded cashews ? Similarly, ...
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What caused smooth homemade nutella to become grainy in refrigerator?
I blended toasted hazelnuts in a vitamix until they were a butter, added melted chocolate, then added coconut oil to increase smoothness. Here are the amounts:
450 grams hazelnuts (unsalted, raw or ...
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What can I bake for my nut allergic friend? [closed]
I have a friend who has tree-nut allergy so he isn't able to eat any kinds of nuts, because of this every single time I bake something for my class he can't eat it because of his allergy. When I ...
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How can I get the most flavor out of cashews?
I'd like to make a soup that uses cashews for much of its flavor. For some reason, I can only use a limited number of cashews, but I can use them in any way I want.
How can I get the most cashew ...
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What is a good ratio (range) of nut flour in Mandelkipferl dough?
I want to make Mandelkipferl and similar cookies. For Vanillekipferl, I tend to use a 3:2:1 ratio of flour:butter:sugar, without an egg.
Is there a traditional ratio of nut flour in Mandelkipferl? ...
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How do I brown nuts without burning and without taking forever?
Whenever I roast nuts (walnuts, sesame, ...) to add to dishes, I either choose a very low oven temperature and then it takes far too long, or I use a very high temperature and I struggle to get them ...
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Can I toast pecans the night before?
I'm making pecan bars in the morning and I was thinking I'd get a jump on the work by toasting the nuts tonight. Is there a downside to toasting the pecans and then letting them sit overnight vs ...
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Chocolate hazelnut: efficacy of mixing crushed&roasted hazelnuts to sauce
I would like to know of roasting and crushing hazelnuts, then mixing them with chocolate sauce, is enough to create a nice choco-hazelnut syrup?
(I recently asked if blending roasted hazelnuts will ...
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Fixing oily dukkah
We just made some dukkah by blitzing a mixture of baked nuts/seeds: almonds, pistachio, fennel, coriander, sesame, caraway, cumin (and raw chia at the very end).
It smelled and tasted amazing, but ...
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How do you eat this type of Gingko nut?
I've looked online but found no clear explanation... I had bought these Gingko nuts because I'm curious to try new flavors, but could never find how to eat them
An article online said that the outside ...
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Can bitter almonds(or other nuts containing amygdalin) be made edible?
I am interested because there seems to be information scattered here and there suggesting this, but offering no such instructions on just how it can be done. What I am curious of is not now to use ...
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How do you reflavor nuts?
how do you replace a flavor on nuts? i did not see the label and bought some cashews that are spicy by mistake. Can the flavor be washed off and replaced?
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What nut did I find? [closed]
I ask this knowing that it's possibly borderline off-topic, but I don't see a Botany SE site where I could ask, so...
A few days ago I stumbled (literally) upon an odd little fruit that had fallen ...
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What is the difference between Seed, Grain, Nut, Kernel, Pit, Bean?
What is the difference between Seed, Grain, Nut, Kernel, Pit, Bean?
Seed (as in apple)
Grain (as in wheat),
fruit
Nut (as in almond)
Kernel (as in corn)
Pit (as in olive)
Bean (as in fava/broad bean)...
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Boiling peeled peanuts
Recently I became interested in making some boiled peanuts for myself, as I have gathered that it is a very cheap, tasty (I like peanuts) and healthy food. However, every recipe that I find involves ...
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What to do with leftover almond peel?
I always soak almonds at night and peel them the next morning. I'm just wondering if I can do anything with the leftover almond skin. Any suggestions?
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How to infuse coconut flavor into nuts?
While traveling abroad, I purchased a small bag of salted cashews at a convenience store. I immediately noticed that they have a distinctively different taste from what I'm used to; slightly more ...
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How to crack several types of nuts in one batch?
I have a big bag of mixed nuts (hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans, Brazil nuts) in their shells that I want to crack open to enjoy later. I have tried to look up how to crack individual types of these nuts ...
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What flavors complement pistachio (pudding specifically)? [closed]
My department at work is having a potluck holiday lunch, and I've settled on making something really easy and low-effort: a pistachio pudding pie.
Instant pudding in a store-bought crust actually ...
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What caused my homemade "Nutella" to go bad?
I had a first try on a self-made recipe for a chocolate-hazelnut cream, in short Nutella.
Question Even though I used ingredients that wouldn't have gone bad singularly, the cream as a whole had an ...
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How to shell macadamias without a special tool?
I know you can get tools like the Bonk and MackaWhacka specifically for shelling macadamias but I've very rarely had them handy when I've needed to do it.
In the past I've sat macadamias in a little ...
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Which nuts are typically paired with raspberry and white chocolate? [closed]
I repeat: Which nuts go well with raspberry and white chocolate?
I was just wondering about typical combinations that are known to go well with raspberry and white chocolate. Like regular chocolate ...
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Can you make nut butters without dehydrating nuts?
It's normally recommended to soak nuts, then dehydrate them and at some point in the future make your nut butters.
Now what if you want to bypass the dehydration process, I understand there will be ...
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What is the most cost effective way at home to dehydrate nuts?
I have recently been looking to make some nut butters and one of the main things everyone talks about is soaking the nuts then dehydrating them.
After googling all I can find out about is using the ...
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Do toasted nuts quickly lose flavor?
There are many recipes where freshly toasted nuts are called for, and that got me wondering--how far can I toast them in advance without sacrificing flavor?
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Dry roasting nuts and spices beforehand
I have recipes that call for dry roasting peanuts, coconut, and sesame seeds.
I make these recipes a lot — so theoretically it would be easier to dry roast everything I have one time, instead of ...
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Is there any loss of nutrition when toasted? [closed]
I have heard that when you toast whole grain bread, you lose most of the nutrition. I'm wondering if this is true, and if so, do you lose the nutrients when toasting nuts?
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Why do my stored cashews smell like fish?
I have a 30 Oz plastic jar of Roasted, Unsalted Archer Farms Cashew Nuts. I've noticed that after having it 'open' for a week or two (i.e. the lid is tightly screwed onto the jar, but the initial ...
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Can I roast nuts in a convection microwave oven? [duplicate]
I am looking for a new microwave. I heard a lot of good things about convection microwave ovens. I am wondering if I could also use one for roasting nuts or any kind of seeds, so I don't have to buy ...
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Are dark walnuts ok to eat?
I bought a bag of walnuts from the local farmers market (in NZ), but some of them are dark colored on the outside and almost black inside. Is this normal and are they ok to eat?
Also noticed some of ...
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Making hazelnut flour with *just* blanched/peeled hazelnuts
I've just peeled 3lbs of hazelnuts by blanching them with baking soda. Here's a GREAT video showing what I did: Hazelnut Peeling (close the ad if you watch the video). My plan is to let them dry for ...
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Why are my hazelnuts/filberts bitter?
I live in the Mid-Atlantic area and have terrible luck buying raw hazelnuts/filberts in the store. They are often bitter and/or old-tasting, very expensive, and you'd never want to eat them raw.
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Freezing Hazelnuts, before or after peeling and roasting?
I've got 3 pounds of raw, unpeeled hazelnuts. I probably won't use most of them right away so I'm inclined to freeze them. I'm going to peel them using the boiling with baking soda trick, then toast ...
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Is a peanut a nut?
Is a peanut technically a nut? If not, when people say they are allergic to "nuts", are they also allergic to real nuts,(walnuts, almonds, cashews, etc.)?
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Substituting hazelnuts for almonds, baking
I simply prefer hazelnuts to almonds, especially in sweet applications. I've been recently gifted with a pound of very nice bittersweet chocolate so I've decided to do America's Test Kitchen's Sacher ...
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Caramel Coating producing inconsistent results
I have been experimenting with a recipe for Caramel Coated Pecans.
The problem I have been experiencing is that (I believe) the instructions are too general.
The first time I used a 'larger' sauce ...
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How to know if my walnuts are fresh enough to be good to eat?
I have some walnuts which were picked up from under a local tree, left to dry for a while, and shelled. They look moderately old, but haven't become shriveled or gone moldy. Some have a kind of bitter ...
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What are the types and pros/cons of electric and manual spice and nut grinders available? What qualities should be looked for while purchasing them?
Example spices/nuts that I'll be grinding:
* Cumin seeds
* Mustard seeds
* Peanuts
* Black pepper corns
* Garlic buds and ginger
* Cloves
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Which kind of grinders allow water in them for ...
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Is a seed different from a nut?
I bought a bag of cocoa beans and it is written "Nut Free" on it. I always thought seeds/beans where the same a nuts except we called them this way because there is more than one in one fruit.
So is ...
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Which nuts can be cracked without tools?
I sometimes find myself wanting to eat whole nuts in situations where I have no access to a nutcracker, whether because I'm at work or traveling or otherwise not in a place where I might be expected ...
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Will roasted pistachio nuts keep well in freezer?
Will I ruin roasted pistachio nuts(still in shell) by freezing them? If not, any advice on how to best freeze whole in-shell roasted pistachios?
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