Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Anyone have a good almond four/meal recipe? Mine was a total failure. I gave up. Added some olive oil and made almond butter. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 I recently communicated with someone offlist about almond meal; the subject interested me enough to do some online research and as I suspected, it's not something that can be done easily at home, especially if you want commercial-quality results (e.g., the kind of flour that's used to make macaron): http://rouxbe.com/community/forums/21/topics/868 . It's not a matter of merely grinding almonds; there are special rollers and such that are involved. Almond flour/meal Anyone have a good almond four/meal recipe? Mine was a total failure. I gave up. Added some olive oil and made almond butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 If you use crushed or slivered almonds to start with, and dehydrate them for a bit before grinding, AND grind very small portions quickly at one time, you can get a decent resulting meal without it turning to paste. I have found that there is too much oil content in the whole almond to get it to a meal quickly enough to keep it from becoming a paste. If you get your blades going on high FIRST, then drop your crushed or slivered bits in through the hole in the lid, it makes a decent meal. I have been known to bash whole almond in a zipper bag with a rolling pin to get them to grindable bits.From: <kareningotham@...>Subject: Re: Almond flour/meal Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 4:24 PM I recently communicated with someone offlist about almond meal; the subject interested me enough to do some online research and as I suspected, it's not something that can be done easily at home, especially if you want commercial-quality results (e.g., the kind of flour that's used to make macaron): http://rouxbe.com/community/forums/21/topics/868 . It's not a matter of merely grinding almonds; there are special rollers and such that are involved. Almond flour/meal Anyone have a good almond four/meal recipe? Mine was a total failure. I gave up. Added some olive oil and made almond butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 I think you have to REALLY dehydrate soaked nuts if you're going to get anything out of them but nut paté when you blend them. It's a safe bet that the producers of almond flour/meal don't soak the almonds and that they're not in the water long while they're being blanched. Almond flour/meal Anyone have a good almond four/meal recipe? Mine was a total failure. I gave up. Added some olive oil and made almond butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 A lot of raw foodists dehydrate the pulp left over from making almond milk to make almond flour - to make it finer, after dehydrating buzz it in the Vitamix.Also soaked then dehydrated almonds will buzz up into flour without turning into nut butter if you use the dry blade and don't bend too long. Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)))><'>www.VitamixLady.comwww..com<))>< On Mar 5, 2011, at 4:24 PM, wrote: I recently communicated with someone offlist about almond meal; the subject interested me enough to do some online research and as I suspected, it's not something that can be done easily at home, especially if you want commercial-quality results (e.g., the kind of flour that's used to make macaron): http://rouxbe.com/community/forums/21/topics/868 . It's not a matter of merely grinding almonds; there are special rollers and such that are involved. Almond flour/meal Anyone have a good almond four/meal recipe? Mine was a total failure. I gave up. Added some olive oil and made almond butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 I don't soak mine-just further dehydrate already dry almonds. The smaller the starting pieces, the better. From: <kareningotham@...> Subject: Re: Almond flour/meal Date: Saturday, March 5, 2011, 4:24 PM I recently communicated with someone offlist about almond meal; the subject interested me enough to do some online research and as I suspected, it's not something that can be done easily at home, especially if you want commercial-quality results (e.g., the kind of flour that's used to make macaron): http://rouxbe.com/community/forums/21/topics/868 . It's not a matter of merely grinding almonds; there are special rollers and such that are involved. Almond flour/meal Anyone have a good almond four/meal recipe? Mine was a total failure. I gave up. Added some olive oil and made almond butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Wouldn't that give you something more along the lines of...geez, I don't know...dried, ground pulp than actual almond flour? They're not the same thing, any more than the pulp left over from making juice is the same as ground produce. Almond flour, unless it's blanched and is missing only the skin, consists of whole almonds--nothing is missing. Almond flour/meal Anyone have a good almond four/meal recipe? Mine was a total failure. I gave up. Added some olive oil and made almond butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Dehydrate. I must have skipped that step. No wonder. I'll just do regular almonds out of the bag next time. No soaking. Tony On 3/5/2011 6:57 PM, Lea Ann Savage wrote: A lot of raw foodists dehydrate the pulp left over from making almond milk to make almond flour - to make it finer, after dehydrating buzz it in the Vitamix. Also soaked then dehydrated almonds will buzz up into flour without turning into nut butter if you use the dry blade and don't bend too long. Blessings, Lea Ann Savage Satellite Beach, FL (321) 773-7088 (home) (321-961-9219 (cell) www.VitamixLady.com www..com <))>< On Mar 5, 2011, at 4:24 PM, wrote: I recently communicated with someone offlist about almond meal; the subject interested me enough to do some online research and as I suspected, it's not something that can be done easily at home, especially if you want commercial-quality results (e.g., the kind of flour that's used to make macaron): http://rouxbe.com/community/forums/21/topics/868 .. It's not a matter of merely grinding almonds; there are special rollers and such that are involved. Almond flour/meal Anyone have a good almond four/meal recipe? Mine was a total failure. I gave up. Added some olive oil and made almond butter. __________ NOD32 5929 (20110305) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Yes it is not true almond flour, but if it works in the recipe I'd go for it. It is lower in fat and high in fiber :-) It works for the raw foodists. Blessings,Lea Ann SavageSatellite Beach, FL(321) 773-7088 (home)(321-961-9219 (cell)))><'>www.VitamixLady.comwww..com<))>< On Mar 5, 2011, at 7:05 PM, wrote: Wouldn't that give you something more along the lines of...geez, I don't know...dried, ground pulp than actual almond flour? They're not the same thing, any more than the pulp left over from making juice is the same as ground produce. Almond flour, unless it's blanched and is missing only the skin, consists of whole almonds--nothing is missing. Almond flour/meal Anyone have a good almond four/meal recipe? Mine was a total failure. I gave up. Added some olive oil and made almond butter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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