Let thy food be thy medicine and thy medicine be thy food.
Hippocrates

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Almond Butter!

I made a batch of Raw Almond butter last night. The recipe is super simple:
Ingredients:
2 cups raw almonds
2 tbsp olive/walnut/grape seed oil
1 tsp salt / salt to taste

Preparation:

  1. Blend the almonds in a food processor/blender for about 8 minutes, on high speed.
  2. Stir the mixture so that all of the ground-up almonds are of the same consistency.
  3. Add the oil to the mix. Add salt if desired.
  4. Blend for another 2-4 minutes, or until desired consistency is reached.
Here is my end product!
We used to buy Raw Almond butter from the store and as you very well know, it is sold for about $10 a 16 oz bottle. If I bought the almonds in bulk, I can get them for $3.50/LB or $3.50/2-cups. So, the cost of making 16 ounces of Raw Almond butter, if I make it myself, is only $3.50 + $2 (olive oil + electric) +  $0 (for 20 minutes of my free time) = $5.50.

The part I enjoy the most is that I know exactly what goes into my almond butter. I do not have to believe all that the manufacturer claims.

By the way, I did not add any salt to my Almond butter. I know it tastes different if you salt it. I just don't care for salt in my Almond butter.

I could taste the Extra Virgin Olive Oil in the Almond butter. I don't mind it one bit, but some might. One viable option to the Olive oil might be Walnut oil. Perhaps, I will try that next time just for fun!

Bon appetit' :)
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2 comments:

  1. Hi Chandra!
    I am so happy to see you make your own almond butter! I am getting ready to make some high pulp OJ here in a bit. I have some raw almonds un my freezer, I might have to make me some almond butter too, although I will omit the salt and the oil. I am tend to eat pretty close to whole as you can get. Any suggestions for the lack of oil in the butter? I am thinking water... Love your food pictures, they are really nice!
    Hugs, Viv~

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  2. @VV,
    Thanks for your comment.

    The problem I faced with trying to make the Almond butter without oil was that the food processor kept pushing the minced almonds up against the wall of the jar and I had to use a spatula to push it down to the bottom.

    May be if I had a more powerful food processor, it may be brought out the oil in the almonds, quicker.

    So, that's why I added a bit of Olive oil, which I think is not bad.

    Adding water might do the trick also, though I haven't tried it.

    I also like the Almond butter without the salt!

    I will be curious to find out how your experimentation goes, so please post on it, will ya?

    Peace :)

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