For Blanching Almonds
Ingredients
Directions
Soak the almonds in fresh cold water overnight or for 7 to 8 hours.
Remove the skins from the soaked almonds.
Enjoy the crisp and edible almonds.
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
- The main ingredient; soaking softens their skins so they can be slipped off.
The step that matters
Remove the skins from the soaked almonds. Soaking softens the skin's bond to the nut, so skins slip off easily. Almonds soaked too briefly keep tight skins that are harder to remove.
“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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