Almond butter substitute
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- cherrytree
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Almond butter substitute
I want to make a chicken recipe tomorrow that requires 3 tbs of almond butter. I haven’t got a chance of buying any at all without going 15 miles to get some and I’m really not that desperate. Please can anyone suggest a good substitute? Thank you.
Re: Almond butter substitute
Difficult to say without knowing how it's used in the recipe. Is it in a sauce or a marinade? Could it be a substitute for peanut butter, because of allergy concerns?
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- Stokey Sue
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Re: Almond butter substitute
Any other nut butter or tahini might work?
What's the recipe? If it's mainly to make the sauce silky then those would work, if the flavour is important perhaps a couple of TBS ground almonds and a little extra oil or butter
What's the recipe? If it's mainly to make the sauce silky then those would work, if the flavour is important perhaps a couple of TBS ground almonds and a little extra oil or butter
Re: Almond butter substitute
Agree with Stokey. Tahini or any nut butter that doesn't have emulsifiers. Failing that, ground almonds or toasted fine breadcrumbs, depending on the recipe if it's for thickening. Quite a few Spanish dishes use breadcrumbs or ground almonds for thickening.
- cherrytree
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Re: Almond butter substitute
It’s from a lovely book by Fiona Beckett, the wine editor of the Guardian ‘Wine Lover’s Kitchen’ and the recipe is a sort of fusion between French and Indian cuisine. Peanut butter apart, it will be as I said a long trek for almond butter up here.
I might go down the ground almonds route. Thanks everyone.
I might go down the ground almonds route. Thanks everyone.
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Cherrytree, just took a look around online for Fiona Beckett recipes - her stuff looks phenomenal- which book do you have?
- Badger's Mate
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Re: Almond butter substitute
I have just finished my first jar of almond butter, the Meridian one. I have to say it was much more like Meridian peanut butter than it was like ground almonds, both in taste and texture, probably because nut butters are made with roasted nuts. I'd agree with other suggestions, say peanut or other nut butter without emulsifiers as a first choice, (dark) tahini second, ground almonds third choice as less similar.
- Stokey Sue
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Re: Almond butter substitute
Fiona Beckett is great, but so far I’ve only looked at recipes incidental to her wine matching
I’ve recommended her matching food & wine website before it’s goo and here it is again
https://www.matchingfoodandwine.com/
Badger’s Mate
There are often tastings of nut butters in my local deli, my favourite non-peanut is Pip and Nut cashew butter which to me has more flavour than any of the almond ones. Recently had the Meridian crunchy peanut butter, too crunchy for me, like gravel. The smooth is great.
I’ve recommended her matching food & wine website before it’s goo and here it is again
https://www.matchingfoodandwine.com/
Badger’s Mate
There are often tastings of nut butters in my local deli, my favourite non-peanut is Pip and Nut cashew butter which to me has more flavour than any of the almond ones. Recently had the Meridian crunchy peanut butter, too crunchy for me, like gravel. The smooth is great.
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Amber, they have a page on nut pastes
http://www.foodsubs.com/Nutseed.html
Just realised that the recipes on her website aren't hers - wine pairings innit. Duh. No matter. It's all good.
Goo, Stokey?
http://www.foodsubs.com/Nutseed.html
Just realised that the recipes on her website aren't hers - wine pairings innit. Duh. No matter. It's all good.
Goo, Stokey?
- cherrytree
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Re: Almond butter substitute
It’s ‘Wine Lover’s Kitchen’
- Badger's Mate
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Re: Almond butter substitute
I've only had the peanut (smooth, crunchy, dark roast) and almond butters. I like them all, gravel and otherwise, but Mrs B doesn't, she finds the texture too sticky. Reminds me of the old Spitting Image sketch with Jim Callaghan advertising dog food.
We generally have Meridian, have tried Whole Earth. Am loth to try cashew nut butter for fear that I would be led into temptation.
There is always a jar and a spare of peanut butter, tahini (and for that matter Rashi & Dibis), in the cupboard. We often have toast and I enjoy a variety of spreads including yeast extract, Gentleman's Relish, nut butter, rashi & dibis plus all the usual sweet stuff. Tahini and nut butters are used in cooking too of course. I like them on cold noodles.
We generally have Meridian, have tried Whole Earth. Am loth to try cashew nut butter for fear that I would be led into temptation.
There is always a jar and a spare of peanut butter, tahini (and for that matter Rashi & Dibis), in the cupboard. We often have toast and I enjoy a variety of spreads including yeast extract, Gentleman's Relish, nut butter, rashi & dibis plus all the usual sweet stuff. Tahini and nut butters are used in cooking too of course. I like them on cold noodles.
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Re: Almond butter substitute
ZeroCook wrote:
Just realised that the recipes on her website aren't hers - wine pairings innit. Duh. No matter. It's all good.
Some of the recipes are hers, she was actually a general food and recipe writer before she specialised in drink, think she wrote for one of the supermarket magazines and some others (I’ve met her a couple of times, I’m not this geeky about complete strangers)
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Re: Almond butter substitute
Badger's Mate wrote:There is always a jar and a spare of peanut butter, tahini (and for that matter Rashi & Dibis), in the cupboard.
Rashi and Dibis have I missed something
- strictlysalsaclare
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I think I remember her name from when I used to get Sainsburys magazines regularly a few years ago.
- Pepper Pig
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Yes. I was thinking Sainsbury’s. That magazine used to be SO good. Not now.
Re: Almond butter substitute
Going back to almond, almond extract is available if only the flavour is needed. It is super strong though so should be used sparingly. Whether it would work without the butter carrier that ground nuts form is hard to know without knowing what recipe it's for.
- Earthmaiden
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Re: Almond butter substitute
I'd guess it was needed to create a sauce so either a different nut butter (you can make your own if you have nuts and suitable blending machine) or tahini ( which might be bitter). I have never found almond extract to taste anything like ground almonds - I thought that extract was made from ground kernels.
I wonder what Cherrytree chose, the dish sounded promising.
I like Meridian. Their ingredients and processes are very eco-friendly.
I wonder what Cherrytree chose, the dish sounded promising.
I like Meridian. Their ingredients and processes are very eco-friendly.
- Stokey Sue
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Re: Almond butter substitute
I’ve found the actual recipe online, one of Fiona’s own
https://www.thewinesociety.com/inspirat ... d-viognier
The texture of the almond butter is clearly part of the sauce; almonds soaked ground down very fine are part of some versions of korma I think
https://www.thewinesociety.com/inspirat ... d-viognier
The texture of the almond butter is clearly part of the sauce; almonds soaked ground down very fine are part of some versions of korma I think
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