Charcuterie Almonds

kickedback · November 28, 2011, 04:58:55 PM

I did 3 lbs of almonds last week. I am very happy with the outcome. They taste great.

SiFumar · November 28, 2011, 05:20:57 PM

Looks good!

mikecorn.1 · November 29, 2011, 09:52:02 AM

Care to share what's in the bowl besides the almonds :D

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Habanero Smoker · November 29, 2011, 12:58:44 PM

I believe this is the same recipe:

Smoked Almonds

kickedback · November 29, 2011, 05:32:55 PM

Yep, that's the recipe. And a good one at that. Still plenty on the recipe site I need to try. All the recipes there and on this site make me look like a smoking guru. Thanks everyone.

ghost9mm · November 29, 2011, 05:56:34 PM

They do look and sound real good...

FLBentRider · November 29, 2011, 05:58:57 PM

Quote from: ghost9mm on November 29, 2011, 05:56:34 PM
They do look and sound real good...

They are. I've been munching on them this evening.

tsquared · December 04, 2011, 04:19:19 PM

I've used that recipe several times and it turns out well. Today I used it with 5 1/2 lbs of almonds (5 1/2 lbs fills 8 racks). i only used 1/2 the black pepper as my wife can't handle too much spice, and i used 4 or 5 smallish garlic cloves, pressed, instead of the garlic powder. i've got another 5 lbs in the smoker now but I think I'm going to find a sweet glaze recipe to use before I bake them.
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tsquared · December 11, 2011, 10:46:12 AM

I did the spicy recipe for the first 1/2of the batch but ended up leaving them in the oven a touch too long. :( When the recipe says 15minutes--that's what you should do--not more.
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Habanero Smoker · December 11, 2011, 12:57:51 PM

Sorry to hear your batch did not turn out well. It doesn't take long for nuts to burn.

kickedback · December 11, 2011, 05:32:03 PM

T2, sorry to hear about that. I think I left mine in a bit longer, but I ran my convection fan while doing them. I was having trouble getting them to dry out. Not sure if the fan helped or not. I'm about out, so I'll be trying them again soon.

tsquared · December 15, 2011, 03:12:15 PM

Thanks guys. The whole batch wasn't spoiled but it isn't the "gift quality" I was hoping for to give out to friends for xmas. Next time I'll nail it.
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gbsorenson · December 19, 2011, 05:10:06 AM

I just did a batch of almonds using this recipe yesterday. I modified it some so I'll fill you in on the results. I did 2#'s of almonds so I doubled the other ingredients, but I put the oil and seasoning on before I smoked them (mostly by mistake, just hadn't read the recipe thru). I cold smoked for about 1.5 hours, then turned the heat on, set it at 200, it took another almost 1.5 hrs to actually get to 200. I did have an tray of ice from smoking cheese the day before in the bottom and it is MN in Dec., that's why it took so long to come up to temp. Anyway, after about 3 hrs of smoke I pulled them and roasted in oven at 375 for 10 min, stirring a couple of times. They turned out great! I love the flavor and can't wait to get more, I'm sure these won't last long over the holidays! They almost have a roasted pumpkin seed flavor, without the hard hard outer skin of a pumpkin seed.

kickedback · December 19, 2011, 02:27:32 PM

They are good. I've already been hit up to make some more. I modified a little also.