Smoked cashews

[WoodlawnSmoker]

Just a simple recipe, took some plain cashews, added about a tablespoon of peanut oil and sprinkled with some sea salt.  Decided to throw a small round of Oka cheese too.  Gave them two hours of a cherry/apple wood mixture.

The cashews have a strong ashtray flavour similar to just smoked cheese.  Will this taste mellow in time and any idea how long it usually takes for nuts?

[BoxcarBetts]

I've found my cashews are edible after about a week, but really taste nice after 2. My most recent batch I haven't even touched and will be at 2 weeks tomorrow.

Also, I just take salted cashews from Costco and apply 2 hours of mesquite or hickory. I'm not sure if the oil will affect the mellowing period.

[richard31]

The cashews looks huge in size

[BoxcarBetts]

So contrary to my above post, I smoked some cashews the other day and I guess my affinity for smoke must be growing because I thought they tastes good right out of the smoker.  My hated them, however.  The peanuts I smoked at the same time were horrid right out, so I'm gonna let them mellow.  But after 2 days, the cashews are good enough to start eating (for me, anyway).

[WoodlawnSmoker]

Interesting, I thought your first post was bang on.  After about ten days they were perfect.  I'm going to do another batch today, I didn't get too many, my wife made them disappear fast.

[BoxcarBetts]

Did you try them after a couple of days as well?  I've done several batches of cashews now and I swear it always took about 10 days to get good!  I really don't know what could've been different for me this time.  Except I'm using hickory and I normally use mesquite.  But I've used hickory before.  I dunno!