| KatieB |
I would like to find a recipe for toasted/glazed/spiced walnuts
suitable for use in a composed beet and goat cheese salad, or a pear,
arugula and blue cheese salad. I tried posting this once before and the
not-so-helpful response was to search the site. Well, I had...and I
had tried several recipes I found in the group but none had delivered
what I was (and am still)looking for. Not too sweet, but with a very
thin caramellized [sp] sugar or honey coating, salt, pepper and the
option of some spices like cumin, nutmeg, mace etc. No luck with the
recipes that have you coat in beaten egg whites first. The sugar tends
to crystallize. But that could be my technique.
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| Curly Sue |
On 14 May 2005 12:26:09 -0700, "KatieB" <born@arrowstreet.com> wrote:
>I would like to find a recipe for toasted/glazed/spiced walnuts
>suitable for use in a composed beet and goat cheese salad, or a pear,
>arugula and blue cheese salad. I tried posting this once before and the
>not-so-helpful response was to search the site. Well, I had...and I
>had tried several recipes I found in the group but none had delivered
>what I was (and am still)looking for. Not too sweet, but with a very
>thin caramellized [sp] sugar or honey coating, salt, pepper and the
>option of some spices like cumin, nutmeg, mace etc. No luck with the
>recipes that have you coat in beaten egg whites first. The sugar tends
>to crystallize. But that could be my technique.
I remember your request. The recipes that were posted here included
one close to what I use, producing a "thin, carmelized" sugar
coating. I am mystified why none of them work for you. Perhaps your
oven is not hot enough or you don't cook them long enough. Try
granulated sugar. Try adding a bit of oil if you don't like them
crunchy.
If the replies were "not-so-helpful," maybe no one *could* help you.
Remember this is just a place where people hang out to discuss food,
cooking (and other things). Any answers to you are a favor, not an
obligation. No one guarantees that there will be someone here who can
provide what you are looking for.
Try submitting your request to rec.food.recipes. If that source and a
web search don't turn up anything that meets your personal criteria,
then just keep tweaking one of the other recipes or lose the dream.
Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
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| Chris Neidecker |
Have you tried epicurious.com? I've seen several salad recipes that
feature different kinds of coated nuts. I would use a pretty general
search terms: salad nuts and see what you get.
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| Ginny Sher |
On 14 May 2005 12:26:09 -0700, "KatieB" <born@arrowstreet.com> wrote:
>I would like to find a recipe for toasted/glazed/spiced walnuts
>suitable for use in a composed beet and goat cheese salad, or a pear,
>arugula and blue cheese salad. I tried posting this once before and the
>not-so-helpful response was to search the site. Well, I had...and I
>had tried several recipes I found in the group but none had delivered
>what I was (and am still)looking for. Not too sweet, but with a very
>thin caramellized [sp] sugar or honey coating, salt, pepper and the
>option of some spices like cumin, nutmeg, mace etc. No luck with the
>recipes that have you coat in beaten egg whites first. The sugar tends
>to crystallize. But that could be my technique.
Is this something you can use...?
Spiced Nuts
1 slightly beaten egg white
1 tsp water
2 1/2 cups nuts (almonds, walnuts, and/or pecans work well)
3/4 cup sugar
1 Tbs pumpkin pie spice
3/4 tsp salt
Preheat oven to 300. Grease baking pan.
Combine egg white and water.
Add nuts; toss to coat.
Combine sugar, spice, and salt. Add to nuts, and toss until all nuts
are well coated.
Place in single layer on greased baking sheet. Bake for 20 to 25
minutes.
Cool completely on waxpaper. Break up large clusters as necessary.
Recipe Type
Holiday, Snack
Recipe Source
Author: Anne P Mitchell, esq
Source: RFC
Orange Glazed Nuts (maybe you can adjust the amount of sugar in this
recipe)
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup orange juice
1 Tbls grated orange peel
4 cups nuts (approx. 1 pound) (the orignal recipe
called for pecan halves - I usually make mixed pecans
and walnuts)
Line cookie sheet with waxed paper.
Bring first 3 ingredients to boil in heavy large saucepan over medium
heat, stirring constantly. Boil 30 seconds.
Stir in nuts, and remove from heat.
Spread nuts on waxpaper-lined cookie sheet, and cool completely.
Separate nuts if necessary.
May be prepared up to one week ahead, and stored in airtight
container.
Recipe Type
Holiday, Snack
Recipe Source
Author: Anne P Mitchell, esq
Source: RFC
Sweet-and-Spicy Nuts
These are pretty hot, and the coatingis more like a "splattering"
rather than ashell, so they are not super sweet. I thinkthat they are
great.
2 cups unsalted pecans and almonds
1 1/2 tablespooons unsalted butter
2 Tbs firmly packed brown suger
1 1/2 Tbs granulated sugar
1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
1 tsp salt
In a heavy skillet cook nuts in butter over moderate
heat, stirring 2 minutes. In a small bowl stir
together sugars, peppers and salt and sprinkle
mixture over nuts.
Continue to cook nuts, stirring constantly, until
sugar carmelizes, about 8 minutes. Transfer nuts
to a sheet of foil and cool Break nuts apart.
Nuts may be made 3 days ahead and kept in an
airtight container. Makes about 2 cups.
Recipe Type
Snack, Vegetarian
Recipe Source
Author: Gourmet Magazine", May, 1994:
hth
Ginny
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