Nut butters

metamorphosis

I'm god damn sick to death of paying OTT prices for almond and cashew butter. why they cant market and sell it at the same price as peanut butter is beyond me. these butters were everywhere over in the states and very cheap but here all i ever see is small tiny jars from meridan and overpriced


anyone have any tips for making your own nice nut butters.

cheers

Magic Eight Ball

I was just about to ask where the best place is to pick up cashew/almond butters was..

callig

ULstudent wrote: »

anyone have any tips for making your own nice nut butters.

cheers

you'll need a good blender with a strong motor (1000w+) to make almond or cashew butter. Nuts with higher oil content like Macadamia Pecan or Hazelnut would be easier to make at home.

metamorphosis

Trevor Coulahan wrote: »

I was just about to ask where the best place is to pick up cashew/almond butters was..

Most health shops. Occasionally i see them in Holland and Barretss but any health shop generally has them.

Usually a stall at farmers markets too where they would sell them

metamorphosis

Callig - i have a shoite blender but would have access to a savage food processor (with a friends permission that is) !!

Would i perhaps let the nuts soak over night in water before anything else?

rubadub

ULstudent wrote: »

Would i perhaps let the nuts soak over night in water before anything else?

Don't think thats a good idea, they would absorb a lot of water and might go manky. Meridian penaut butter is pure peanuts, many will add a little oil or sugar in to make it more spreadable and tasty.

I still have to have a go making cashew butter, mine are still raw, I was thinking of roasting them and liquidising them while hot, I think they would blend up a lot easier when hot. You could add a little oil to help things

The fancy nut butters are a ripoff, far more per kilo than the normal whole nuts. Also they must be using bottom of the barrel nuts. I got some value cashews in tesco and they were horrible looking things! tasted ok.

I think EileenG was mashing normal peanuts in a jar with a spoon. I have a "mojito muddler" for crushing limes & mint, I am thinking of using it.

Also for my cashews I imagine I could stick them in a bag and smash them up to make them finer, like crushing biscuits for cheesecake bases.

Plenty of tips on google on making it. http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Peanut-Butter

Normal roasted salted tesco value peanuts are only 27c for 200g at the moment.

all_smilz

i bought hazelnut butter and i think its CACK!
Its sitting in my fridge after a few unsuccessful tastes.... not sure what i can use it in so i'll get the benefit without the taste.... i hate dumping perfectly good food!

metamorphosis

all_smilz wrote: »

i bought hazelnut butter and i think its CACK!
Its sitting in my fridge after a few unsuccessful tastes.... not sure what i can use it in so i'll get the benefit without the taste.... i hate dumping perfectly good food!

That's cos it is cack!!! Is it the 180gm meridian one? Rank it is. Should have known better though as i don't particularly like hazelnuts. Their almond and cashew butter is nice.

Has anyone ever seen brazil nut butter? I heart brazils but have never seen brazil nut butter.

callig

ULstudent wrote: »

Callig - i have a shoite blender but would have access to a savage food processor (with a friends permission that is) !!

OK you should be able to make any nut butter you want with the food processor. stop occasionally to scrape down the sides and keep blending until you get enough oil released to make the butter spreadable.