Almond butter substitute
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Re: Almond butter substitute
PatsyMFagan wrote: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
Me too
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Re: Almond butter substitute
If the recipe is a French/Indian fusion dish, I´d just use flaked almonds; soak them in hot water for about 20-30 minutes, then blitz them until smooth.
Substituting peanut butter would give the wrong flavour, I´m sure, and using almond essence I think would be wrong because the "butter" is for texture, not for flavour.
I regularly make Indian dishes (usually from Mughlai cuisine) which ask for cashew nuts. The cashews are soaked and then blitzed, to add a wonderful silky texture to the sauce which, incidentally, usually involves cream or yoghurt. Therefore you could, conceivably, sub cashew nuts.
Substituting peanut butter would give the wrong flavour, I´m sure, and using almond essence I think would be wrong because the "butter" is for texture, not for flavour.
I regularly make Indian dishes (usually from Mughlai cuisine) which ask for cashew nuts. The cashews are soaked and then blitzed, to add a wonderful silky texture to the sauce which, incidentally, usually involves cream or yoghurt. Therefore you could, conceivably, sub cashew nuts.
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Rashi and Dibis - date and sesame spread https://www.facebook.com/dibisandrashi/
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i linked to a recipe of the original spread/dip a few posts back. looks pretty simple to make at home.
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scullion wrote:i linked to a recipe of the original spread/dip a few posts back. looks pretty simple to make at home.
I linked to the chicken recipe a few posts earlier but it seems people prefer to guess
Not sure about that spread. - I’ve had date syrup/molasses and never really though it tasted enough of dates to be interesting
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Agree with KDKA about nut pastes in Asian dishes - cashews or any mild tasting nut paste would work. I have several Indian dishes that add nut pastes for texture. One recipe uses raw candlenuts and recommends macadamias as a substitute but I use cashews.
However. Looking at the recipe from a highly flavour-nuanced food writer the roasted almond flavour is important - European rather than Asian. I'd roast about 50g almonds and blitz them to a paste. Or in a pinch use carefully toasted ground almonds and likewise blitz to a paste.
Cherrytree thx for the book title - probably long past making the dish but we tried!
However. Looking at the recipe from a highly flavour-nuanced food writer the roasted almond flavour is important - European rather than Asian. I'd roast about 50g almonds and blitz them to a paste. Or in a pinch use carefully toasted ground almonds and likewise blitz to a paste.
Cherrytree thx for the book title - probably long past making the dish but we tried!
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Re: Almond butter substitute
Rashi & Dibis, as Scully has checked out, is a mixture of tahini and date molasses. It can also be blended with walnuts, or whole sesame seeds. It ends up like a sweet nutty spread.
Here's some that someone made earlier
https://www.terra-rossa.com/extra-virgi ... 030720.pdf
Here's some that someone made earlier
https://www.terra-rossa.com/extra-virgi ... 030720.pdf
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I have to eat humble pie very quickly. We went to pay the paper bill this morning and called at Lidl .There, on the shelf was some almond butter. So of course I bought some and will be using it later on today. So, thank you all so much. This is what a good food board should be all about.
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It was quite delicious. Extremely easy too. There was definitely an almondy texture but the almond butter thickened it very well. It will definitely go into my repertoire.
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Good to know it worked well - I like the look of it (thanks Sue for posting a similar recipe). How fortunate you found Almond butter!
We also learned about Rashi & Dibis too which sounds a wonderful ingredient if it gets beyond the spoon before being tried!
Good thread.
We also learned about Rashi & Dibis too which sounds a wonderful ingredient if it gets beyond the spoon before being tried!
Good thread.
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Rashi & Dibis is quite dangerous...
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Earthmaiden wrote:thanks Sue for posting a similar recipe
It’s the recipe from Fiona Beckett’s book
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I made cashew nut butter successfully a few years ago, so it shouldn't be too difficult to make almond butter.
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