Re: hazelnut butter ice cream

[Guest guest]

>i have a thing for hazelnuts and recently discovered hazelnut butter, which

>is BY FAR the best nut butter i've ever tasted. the one i bought was organic

>and imported from Italy - kinda pricey, but actually cheaper than the kettle

>brand hazelnut butter i saw elsewhere. and fwiw, the predominant fat is

>oleic acid.

I love hazelnuts ... you can get them cheaply in bulk from

some growers (I get mine at a farmer's market) or at Costco.

If you process them in a food processor (or vitamix) you

get hazelnut butter ... roast them first for the best flavor.

-- Heidi

[Guest guest]

> I love hazelnuts ... you can get them cheaply in bulk from

> some growers (I get mine at a farmer's market) or at Costco.

> If you process them in a food processor (or vitamix) you

> get hazelnut butter ... roast them first for the best flavor.

>

> -- Heidi

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....and, ahem, **soak** them before or after processing to reduce

phytates! this is NT-land after all!

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

[Guest guest]

> I love hazelnuts ... you can get them cheaply in bulk from

> some growers (I get mine at a farmer's market) or at Costco.

> If you process them in a food processor (or vitamix) you

> get hazelnut butter ... roast them first for the best flavor.

>

> -- Heidi

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>>>...and, ahem, **soak** them before or after processing to reduce

phytates! this is NT-land after all!

-------->the only ones i've seen for sale without the skin on (i'm not

interested in those) are roasted, not raw. can you reduce phytates by

soaking *roasted* nuts?

Suze Fisher

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[Guest guest]

> -------->the only ones i've seen for sale without the skin on (i'm

not

> interested in those) are roasted, not raw. can you reduce phytates

by

> soaking *roasted* nuts?

>

> Suze Fisher

probably not nearly as much because the effect of soaking comes

mostly from the activity of phytase, the enzyme that breaks down the

phytate, and while phytates are not affected much by heat, phytase

would be deactivated by the roasting. i don't know how well

hazelnuts germinate, but if they don't germinate easily like almonds,

then getting them raw, grinding them, and then soaking in a mildly

acidic solution like whey would be the best way to use them from

what I understand. (by the way, back in my early NT days of

indulging in oat porridge, I learned that soaking in equally

functional acids like lemon or vinegar is a major barrier to good

flavor, while whey/buttermilk/etc is wonderful...)

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

[Guest guest]

>>>>i don't know how well

hazelnuts germinate, but if they don't germinate easily like almonds,

then getting them raw, grinding them, and then soaking in a mildly

acidic solution like whey would be the best way to use them from

what I understand.

----->but mike, that is the problem - i haven't yet been able to find them

raw without the skin. i think i did once, but never since then. i don't like

the skin, and definitely wouldn't want to put it in ice cream. IF i could

find skinned raw hazelnuts, i'd definitely give them a try.

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

----------------------------

“The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause

heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times.” --

Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt

University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

<http://www.thincs.org>

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[Guest guest]

>----->but mike, that is the problem - i haven't yet been able to find them

>raw without the skin. i think i did once, but never since then. i don't like

>the skin, and definitely wouldn't want to put it in ice cream. IF i could

>find skinned raw hazelnuts, i'd definitely give them a try.

Soak them in kefir, maybe the skin will come off? I like them roasted

(soaked and roasted IS better, ala Mike) and the skins come off

after they are roasted, but soaking them might make them come off

too. That or run them through a rock polisher.

--- Heidi

[Guest guest]

>>>>>Soak them in kefir, maybe the skin will come off? I like them roasted

(soaked and roasted IS better, ala Mike) and the skins come off

after they are roasted, but soaking them might make them come off

too. That or run them through a rock polisher.

------->work, work and more work! LOL! at this point, i think i'll just

stick with the hazelnut butter and suffer the consequences of the tryspin

inhibitors. <g>

Suze Fisher

Lapdog Design, Inc.

Web Design & Development

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze3shjg

Weston A. Price Foundation Chapter Leader, Mid Coast Maine

http://www.westonaprice.org

----------------------------

" The diet-heart idea (the idea that saturated fats and cholesterol cause

heart disease) is the greatest scientific deception of our times. " --

Mann, MD, former Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Vanderbilt

University, Tennessee; heart disease researcher.

The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics

<http://www.thincs.org>

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