[Sca-cooks] Substitution of nuts in qanura of rabbit
Sharon Palmer
ranvaig at columbus.rr.com
Tue Mar 13 06:32:41 PDT 2012
>However, I cannot stand walnuts - they taste bitter to me, even in
>sweets like baklava - and am wondering if a cook would have
>substituted other nuts - almonds or pistachios or pine nuts, to
>their own taste.
Have you tried blanching the walnuts to remove the thin brown outer
skin? It's rather a nuisance, but that's where some of the bitter
taste is.
Add walnuts to a pot of boiling water, remove the pot from the heat
and let stand for 2 minutes, then drain. Rub with a towel to remove
the skins.
If you end up substituting, make sure your A&S entry says why you did
the substitution.
Ranvaig
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