To make the filling place the nuts in a food processor and allow them to
blend into a nut butter, this should take about 5 - 10 minutes depending on the strength of your processor.
Not exact matches
Place the almonds and pecans
into the food processor and
blend until a sticky flour forms, it's just more than a flour but not as sticky as a
nut butter, this should take a couple of minutes.
Hi Kay, you could try roasting the
nuts first before you
blend them as this helps release the natural oils and urns the mixture
into a
butter consistency.
I roasted chopped mixed
nuts with a little maple syrup and flaky sea salt, folded some
into the brownie batter for added texture and flavour and then
blended the rest
into a sweet, salty
nut butter to spread on top.
I THINK I»D MAYBE ADD A TOUCH OF NUTMEG TO IT TOO, AND
BLEND THE SPICE MIXTURE
INTO THE
BUTTER, BUT THEN I AM A NUTMEG
NUT TOO!
I don't know how well
butter or cream would compliment the flavors, and I doubt
nut flours would
blend seamlessly
into the sauce; with this one, you're just going for texture alone, and the gums would probably achieve that without compromising flavor or cooking time.
Once your
nut butter is ready it will be a little warm and a slightly runny from all the
blending but once it cools, those natural oils will start to solidify and it will firm up
into that thick and creamy consistency we all know and love.
Initially your cashews will get all chunky, then after a minute or two they will break down
into a fine looking flour, then the real magic happens, the heat and friction from all that
blending will extract the natural oils from our beloved cashews and in mere minutes, you will witness one of the most beautiful transformations of all time as your golden, delicious cashews are whipped
into a smooth and creamy, deliciously dreamy
nut butter right before your pretty little eyes...
Blend until the mix comes together into a pliable dough (don't over blend or it will start to become more like nut - but
Blend until the mix comes together
into a pliable dough (don't over
blend or it will start to become more like nut - but
blend or it will start to become more like
nut -
butter).
(May have a slight addiction to
nut butters) Also using it to up my smoothie bowl game since the vitamix can
blend frozen foods
into thick creamy goodness... Love your pictures and blog!
I've been testing out the new drinking oats by Rude Health, and because they are super fine and flaky, they
blend effortlessly
into smoothies thickening them up without the need for extra banana or
nut butter... not that there is anything wrong with either of those ingredients, it's just that sometimes you don't want hugely bananary smoothie and sometimes you want a few extra carbs over fats.
Transfer the
nuts to your Vitamix and
blend on high for 3 - minutes, using the tamper to constantly push the
nut butter into the blades.
2 cups packed large flaked unsweetened coconut 1 1/2 cups rolled oats 1/4 cup dried currants or raisins 1/4 cup chocolate chips 1/2 cup almond
butter (or any
nut / seed
butter you like — see headnote) 1/2 cup honey or maple syrup 1/4 cup hemp seeds 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 cup fine shred unsweetened coconut (for coating), optional In a high - powered blender or food processor,
blend the coconut and oats
into a fine powder.
Then, toss the
nuts into your Vitamix and
blend for a few minutes, using your tamper constantly push the
nut butter into the blades.
Yogurt,
nut butters and hemp seed are the most common, but if you're
into tofu, it
blends into a super creamy smoothie.