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Spiced NutsAppetizers & Beverages
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Submitted by Maw Maw FRC
on Tuesday, August 02, 2005
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| Makes: | |
| Prep Time: | 20 minutes |
| Cook Time: | 45 minutes |
| Ready In: | 1 hour, 5 minutes |
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These nuts are wonderful for entertaining or just plain snacking. You can use any nuts such as pecans, walnuts or almonds. If using almonds blanch the nuts: Blanching defintion from http://www.answers.com/blanching&r=67:Blanching is a cooking term that describes a process of food preparation wherein the food substance is rapidly plunged into boiling water and then removed after a brief, timed interval and then plunged into iced water or placed under cold running water. Blanching rapidly heats and then cools the food. This allows the food, usually fruits and vegetables, to firm up and makes the food's natural flavour more pronounced, and is often a preparative technique for freezing food.
Blanching is also an effective method of loosening the skin on fruits or nuts that one may wish to peel, such as tomatoes, plums, peaches, or almonds. In addition, blanching enhances the color of some (particularly green) ingredients.
Steam blanching is also used to neutralise bacteria and enzymes present in foods so that they may be processed and gain a greater shelf life, such as peanuts. Blanching can also describe deep frying in oil at a lower temperature as with the initial cooking of French fries.
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| Ingredients |
| 1 egg white |
1 tbsp water |
| 2 cups whole nuts (if using almonds blanch the nuts) |
2 tsp chili powder |
| 1/2 tsp ground cumin |
1/2 tsp red pepper or cayenne |
| 1/4 tsp salt |
vegetable spray |
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| | | Directions | Bring egg whites to room temperature ; beat egg white and water in medium bowl until foamy. Add almonds or other nuts tossing gently to coat. Combine chili powder, cumin, red pepper, and salt; stir well. Add to nuts tossing well to coat. Spread nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray. Bake at 275 degrees for 45 minutes. Transfer nuts to waxpaper to cool. Break nuts apart and store in an airtight container.
Yield: 22 appetizer servings of 10 almonds each. Source: Cooking Light.
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