[Sca-cooks] grinding nuts

[Tara]

My grandmother has one of those attachments for her meat grinder, and
we've used it for grinding nuts for nut roll.  We didn't do almonds, but
walnuts and pecans turned out so finely ground that I think it would
compare favorably to marzipan.

You could head to the grocery store and pick up a bag of almonds and
give it a try!  :)

-Magdalena

Jennifer Whitbeck wrote:
>
> Hi, all!
>
> I have a specific question about grinding almonds for
> marzipan.
>
> I will admit that I am, so far, a food processor user.
> Grinding by hand (with mortar and pestle) is a line I
> am not yet ready to cross (kudos to those of you who
> do!!!).
>
> Now, I recently picked up a couple of those old, iron
> grinders - that kind that includes a clamp to mount it
> to a counter or table top and is most commonly, YMMV,
> known as a "meat grinder." I got a bunch of other
> "blades" for it that supposedly enable it to grind
> different things to different textures. Some of these
> are labelled. In particular, one is labelled "Nut
> Butters".
>
> Does anyone think that could be used effectively to
> create a finer marzipan that what can be done in a
> food processor? Does anyone have any experience with
> grinding nuts in those grinders?
>
> Maybe I'll get at least *closer* to period by 100
> years. ;->
>
> Many thanks!
>
>    - Jennifer
>
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