Blanching Almonds
Ingredients
Directions
Pour boiling water over the almonds and let them stand for 3 to 4 minutes.
Drain the almonds and cover them with cold water.
Take each almond between your fingers, press lightly, and the hull will slip off.
Dry the almonds on a clean towel.
Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).
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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