"Ground almonds" refers to almonds that have been crushed or turned into a powder form.
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As always the recipe is gluten free and here the nuts step in as well
with ground almonds blended with my go to flour buckwheat.
Using
ground almonds for the crumble topping not makes this crumble gluten - free & paleo - friendly but also adds another flavour element and works wonderfully with the other ingredients.
This almond flour cake, made with finely
ground almond flour and with no refined sugar, has all the light and tender texture of a sponge cake — but healthier!
The crust is made
from ground almonds and the filling form a mixture of cream cheese, eggs and heavy cream, deliciously paired with the tart cranberry sauce.
I
buy ground almonds in the bakery section of supermarkets (look out for less expensive own - brands).
Almond flour is
ground almonds so it acts super differently than white flour in baking, especially because it has so much more fat.
Almond flour from the store is a dull grey color (no nutrition in there, folks), but the color of
freshly ground almond flour is a vibrant golden beige color.
I would just replace the flax with
more ground almonds, they have quite a similar consistency so it should work perfectly!
A few other tweaks such as
substituting ground almonds for some of the flour, adding cinnamon and varying the quantities made it into something completely different of course.
Actually, now that I think about it I do wonder if the «failures» to set are because of
not grinding the almonds finely enough.
Begin with the crust
by grinding almond and walnuts in your food processor or blender until you get a fine nut meal.
You can
try ground almonds or walnuts which should work in theory — though I haven't tried it myself yet!
I do
like ground almonds added to a cake, it somehow gives them a bit more substance, but keeps them moist too.
We can do almonds, but not too much so I wonder in many of your recipes
if ground almond could be replaced by buckwheat flour or maybe ground flaxseed?
You can try using almond meal, your
own ground almond flour or different brands but you might get slightly different results.
I would suggest
maybe ground almonds, or another type of gluten free flour that you can come across?
Pop the flour, 50
grams ground almonds, ginger and cinnamon, the salt and chilled butter / coconut oil in the bowl of the processor.
Divide into seven teaspoon sized parts and roll into balls (either with or without the
extra ground almonds to roll in as preferred).