Nut pasta is a variant of a sweet snack, which can be used as a filling for baking and pancakes , and simply smear on bread for breakfast. About how to make a nut paste at home, we'll talk further.
Recipe for walnut paste from almonds
Ingredients:
- almonds (raw) - 2 items;
- sugar - 2 tbsp. spoons;
- corn oil - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- salt - pinch.
Preparation
Almonds are peeled off, to do this, nuts are steeped with boiling water, let stand for a couple of minutes, and then drain the liquid and clean the almonds with your fingers. We put almonds in a blender, pour oil, add sugar or honey, a pinch of salt and whisk everything to homogeneity.
Nut paste at home
Ingredients:
- roasted peanuts - 500 g;
- salt - 1 teaspoon;
- honey - 1 1/2 tsp.
- peanut butter - 1 1/2 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Fried peanuts are peeled and poured into the blender bowl. Add to the nuts honey, a pinch of salt and pour in the oil. Turn on the blender for maximum power and beat the peanut paste to a homogeneous consistency. If the peanut butter is too thick - add a couple of tablespoons of warm water, or butter.
How to cook hazelnut paste?
Ingredients:
- hazelnut - 160 g;
- almonds - 40 g;
- milk - 100 g;
- dried milk - 60 g;
- honey - 40 g;
- black chocolate - 170 g;
- milk chocolate - 140 g;
- salt - pinch.
Preparation
Fry hazelnuts and almonds in a dry frying pan. While the nuts are being roasted, the milk powder is mixed with the usual milk and heated. On a water bath, melt both kinds of chocolate.
Fried nuts are transferred to a blender and beat. Add to the nuts melted chocolate, a pinch of salt, honey and milk. Continue to beat the nut paste until it becomes smooth and uniform.
Chocolate-nut paste with salt
Ingredients:
- raw cashew nuts - 3 items;
- cocoa powder - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- brown sugar - 2-3 tbsp. spoons;
- salt - 1/4 tsp.
Preparation
Raw cashew nuts are put in the bowl of the blender and crushed into a crumb (it will take about 4 minutes). To the nut crumb, add the cocoa and continue to beat the cashew until the mass becomes homogeneous. At this stage, you can add salt and sugar to the bowl, and then continue whisking until the paste becomes homogeneous.
Since cashew nuts are by themselves quite oily - adding extra oil or liquid is not required, however, if the paste is taken by a lump and does not whisk properly - pour a couple of tablespoons of liquid and look at the consistency.