We start off by giving our golden, delicious, nutrient rich cashews a quick little toastin» in the oven — toasting
your cashews before blending helps to give your nut butter and incredible rich and totally decadent depth of flavour so although I say it's totally optional I beg you, please don't skip this step people, 5 - 10 minutes will make the world of difference to the flavour of your cashew butter, trust me — it's absolutely, 100 % worth the few extra minutes.
Not exact matches
Then add the
cashew butter, coconut oil and cacao
blending for a few seconds
before slowly adding in the dates.
I do think a regular blender will work fine, just make sure the
cashews are very tender
before blending, and make sure that the cream is
blended completely smooth
before adding the remaining water and flavourings.
If you don't have a high speed blender, I recommend soaking the
cashews over night
before blending to ensure a creamy texture.
1/4 to 1/2 cup
cashew cream (from 1 cup raw
cashews blended with 1 cup water, soak
cashews for a few hours
before blending if you don't have a power blender, save excess
cashew cream for another use.)
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...
1) Pre-heat oven to 350 deg Fahrenheit (175 deg Cel) and line a metal baking pan or cast - iron pan 2)
Blend the
cashew nuts in a food processor or a blender until it becomes like fine sand (if necessary, pass the
blended cashews through a sieve — and re-process the parts that are not fine enough to pass through the sieve) 3) In a large bowl, whisk the ground
cashew nuts, tapioca flour, salt and baking powder together until combined 4) In another bowl, mix the honey, vanilla extract and egg together until all ingredients are well incorporated 5) Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and mix well until you get a homogeneous batter 6) Gently stir in 1 cup of fresh blueberries until evenly distributed 7) Pour the batter into the baking pan or cast iron pan, and evenly distribute the rest of the blueberries on top 8) Bake for around 30 minutes (or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean) 9) Let the scones cool for at least 10 minutes
before slicing into 8 portions.
I keep forgetting to make overnight oats the night
before, but I'm eating something right now I think you would like: in a coffee grinder or mini (or regular) food processor, combine 1 T (or less) of nuts of seeds of choice (I use pumpkin seeds, brazil nuts (2 - 3), sunflower seeds, walnuts,
cashews, hemp) and
blend for 30 secs until consistency is like coarse sand.
Did I miss another comment or instructions on soaking the
cashews or not
before blending?
i make my own raw taco nut meat and have made
cashew cheeze
before (actually i start with that to make cheezcake, different seasoning
blends though, clearly!)
Blend the
cashews and water until very smooth, and stir into the soup pot along with the cooked vegetables from the frying pan, and simmer on low for 5 to 10 minutes covered
before serving.
Note: If you don't have a high - speed blender, soak your
cashews and dates in the 2 cups water in a pint mason jar for 2 to 4 hours
before blending.
I haven't gotten on the
cashew butter train
before this, mostly because I've had mixed results
blending up my own nut butters in the past.
If you soak your
cashews the night
before, and leave the other couple ingredients needed on your counter, you can have this
blended and ready to eat in less than 10 minutes....
I don't care for the texture of soaked
cashews, so I don't recommend doing that, unless you're going to dry them
before blending.
Ideally,
cashews will have been soaked overnight
before blending.
Be sure to soak raw
cashews for a few hours or overnight
before blending to help soften them up.
I soaked the
cashew nuts in warm milk
before blending it to a smooth paste and added it towards the end of the cooking process.
Ideally,
cashews will have been soaked overnight
before blending.