SC - Almond Paste

[DianaFiona at aol.com]

In a message dated 09/14/1999 12:30:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
stefan at texas.net writes:

<< 
 Interesting. I've seen descriptions here on making almond milk that talked
 of grinding the almonds in blenders or food processors. Would using a coffee/
 spice grinder to get finer almond particles instead of the blender or food
 processor yield more almond milk from the same amount of almonds?
>>>

    Possibly......... I haven't tried a comparison! I usually just use the 
blender, since it's easier to mix in the water there, anyway. But then, I 
tend to leave the almond bits in whenever I can get away with it, anyway, 
since I hate to waste them, and am lazy enough not to like to strain the 
liquid........ ;-) Works fine in some cases--like the other night, when I 
cooked some greens (kale) for dinner while at my folk's house. My mom is 
allergic to milk, so I whizzed some almonds and water in the blender until 
mostly ground, and simmered the kale in that until it had mostly evaporated. 
Seasoned with salt, nutmeg, and hot pepper flakes, I think it surprised 
everyone how good they were! ;-) The crunchy chunks of unblended almond added 
a nice texture to the soft greens.


            Ldy Diana
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