To Blanch Almonds
Ingredients
Directions
Shell the almonds.
Pour boiling water over the almonds and let them stand for 1 minute.
Transfer the almonds to cold water.
Rub the almonds between your hands to remove the dark skin.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Almonds
- Provide the nut itself; blanching loosens the skin so it slips off without changing the flesh.
The step that matters
Rub the almonds between your hands to remove the dark skin.. The skin slips off most easily when the almonds are still warm from the blanching water and have been moved promptly into cold water. Letting them cool fully before rubbing makes the skin cling and tear, leaving the nuts harder to peel cleanly.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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