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Month: August 2011

  • Peanut butter, homemade.

    IMG_5493 Now that I've started making nut butters and know how simple and quick it is I am keeping myself supplied.

    Here is the process.

    These are unsalted roasted peanuts.

    Mixed nuts produce a flavourful butter that varies with the variety of the nuts.

    I plan to try adding some chunks of cocoa mass to a batch of the plain peanut butter but have not yet.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    IMG_5495 After grinding for a bit some oil is added.  And then some more grinding.

    I am not sure if a longer processing would result in a smoother butter.  It gets thicker, of course, and I like it chunky; there is also some concern about burning out the motor on this small machine.  Any experience with this?

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    IMG_5499 Breakfast.

    I also started making chappattis again and having a stack of them in the freezer with a quick pop  into the toaster oven has me keeping that supply on hand.  It takes about 20 minutes to make a dozen.