Salted Almonds

Ingredients

• a cupful of nuts
• a tablespoonful of melted butter or of salad oil
• a tablespoonful for each cupful of nuts

Method

1. 1

   Shell a quantity of almonds, and blanch by pouring boiling water over them, letting them stand for a moment, then throwing them into cold water, and finally rubbing them between the hands.

2. 2

   For each cupful of nuts, add a tablespoonful of melted butter or salad oil.

3. 3

   Stir well and let stand for an hour; then sprinkle with salt.

4. 4

   Bake in a moderate oven, stirring occasionally, until they turn a delicate brown and are crisp.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Miss Parloa's kitchen companion (1887) by Maria Parloa, page 367. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Salted Almonds. Shell a quantity of almonds, and blanch by pouring boiling water over them, letting them stand in it for a moment, then throwing them into cold water, and finally rubbing them between the hands. For each cupful of nuts that is put into a bowl, add a table-spoonful of melted butter or of salad oil. Stir the almonds well, and let them stand for an hour ; then sprinkle with salt, allowing a table-spoonful for each cupful of nuts

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