almonds
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This Orgeat Will Elevate Your At-Home Tiki Drinks
Orgeat is something I only found out about in my 30s, about the time when I could confidently afford to go to a fancy cocktail bar and have that confidence dashed by not understanding ingredients on the drink menu. Googling this ingredient on my phone at the bar did two things: It made me look…
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Upgrade Your Baked Goods With Almond Extract
There was a time not long ago that vanilla reigned over the land of aromas. It’s in cookies, cakes, and foaming body wash. It’s written into the tomes of copy on chocolate morsel packages across the globe, and widely accepted as a balancer of flavours. Do you smell that? It’s not vanilla. I detect a…
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The Fastest Way to Skin an Almond
You never thought the day would come. You need skinless, blanched almonds, and you need them now. You could rush over to the grocery store and pray that they have blanched almonds on the shelf, but what if they don’t? You can easily de-skin regular almonds at home in record time with a few common…
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Why You Shouldn’t Grind Up Nuts Fresh From The Oven
Your food processor is a great tool for making your own, fresh-roasted nut butters, but throwing toasted almonds or peanuts in the bowl straight out of the oven can wreak havoc on your trusty appliance.