[Sca-cooks] Almond Milk

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Jun 8, 2009, at 3:35 PM, Suey wrote:

> I do not remember who gave a recipe for almond milk with skins still  
> attached. Lladonora directs that the almonds be peeled before  
> crushing them in a mortar. See Josep Lladonora, La Cocina Medieval,  
> p. 158. It has never occurred to me to leave the skins on.
> Suey

Most recipes seem to call for peeled, blanched almonds, since the  
object will be something that looks like milk.

However, some recipes (usually calling for a brownish, russet or  
reddish-colored sauce in the final product) call for unpeeled and/or  
unblanched, and sometimes toasted, almonds for this purpose. Most  
mirrauste recipes and le Menagier's tile of meat and crayfish come to  
mind as examples of the latter.

Adamantius






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