You need blanched almonds for your recipe, but unfortunately, the almonds you have at home have a brown skin. What now? For almond paste, frangipane or almond flour, use skinless. How do you remove the brown skin from almonds. This is how you peel almonds.
Where to buy almonds
Sometimes I buy blanched almonds at the Rotterdam market or a large toko. They are much better priced there. But not everyone comes or lives near a large market or toko. I often buy almonds with skin at Lidl or Aldi. They are still reasonably priced there. Of course, you can also easily peel them yourself. Time to peel almonds.
Why should you peel almonds?
Some recipes call for blanched almonds. For example, to make flour or almond paste. These would turn out darker than usual. The taste of almonds with skin is slightly more bitter. Almonds with or without skin is also a personal thing; do you like almonds with a mild taste or more of the slightly more bitter ones?
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Peeling or skinning almonds
Supplies:
Almonds with skin
Boiling water
Cold water
Here's how to remove the skin from almonds yourself
Bring a pan of water to a boil. Prepare another bowl with ice-cold water.
Once the water is boiling, the almonds can be put in the boiling water. Let the almonds blanch in the boiling water for about 2 minutes. Many almonds will float to the top, but not all.
Strain the almonds from the boiling water and shock them in the ice-cold water.
Place your almonds on a plate.
While you take the almond from the plate, you push the skin off the nut at the same time. Put it back. It's very easy.
The nuts are wet and need to dry before you can grind them. Pat the almonds dry with a tea towel and let the nuts dry well. This can be done in the air, in the sun, or above the heater.
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