SC - Re: Recipe Challenge
Michael Macchione
ghesmiz at UDel.Edu
Thu Jul 10 20:22:39 PDT 1997
On 10 Jul 1997, Marisa Herzog wrote:
> nut skinning (was Redactions) 7/10/97
>
> > After you toasted the hazelnuts did you rub the skins off? Or did you
> > leave them on. I happily spent part of the weekend squeezing the skins off
>
> I don't know how it would work for hazelnuts, but to de-skin almonds: drop
> the lot of them into boiling water for just a few seconds, until the skins
> start to balloon a bit, then quickly scoop them out with a strainer so they
> don't get water logged. lay them out on a table between two dish towells and
> knead the bundle for a few minutes. It goes faster this way than trying to
> pop each little nut out of it's skin [ ;) ].
And on a similar line. Is there an easy way to deshell quantities of
pistachioes? I recently had to deshell about 2-3 cups worth for an event
and still have a few scars where I gave myself some slices.
Kael
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