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Hazelnuts
emma lou
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Ok, not strictly fruit or veg but hazelnuts! Our neighbour has given us a bucketful. I never eat them normally let alone prepare or cook with them but do love them. Can I just stick them in the over for a few minutes until the shells split and then deshell them, or do I need to do this before putting them in the oven? Then, how can I store them? Many thanks
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Then what? I have read they go rancid quite quickly?
As long as you keep them in the shell they stay fresh. You can roast them, add them to pavlova, cakes all sorts of cooking uses, caramelised nuts are gorgeous nice in brownies as well or just coated them in chocolate. Try the BBC food site and enter hazelnuts, loads of recipe's.
Great thanks. Do I need to roast them before using them in cakes etc or can I just shell them as they are and use them? I hear they can be bitter if not prepared properly?
That was exactly as I understood it Chrissie thank you. Are they find in cakes straight out of the shell. I presume roasting the,misnjust when we want to eat them fresh? I also presume for cakes, brownies etc they are fine just shelled?
You can preserve them in honey http://www.realepicurean.com/2011/09/honeyed-hazelnuts/
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Hazelnut butter! Shell them, roast in the oven for about 15 minutes then blitz them in a food processor until they turn into nut butter. Can take anything between 5 and 15 minutes to get to the right consistency.
Great...many thanks everyone. Looking forward to trying them! May be eating them for a while.nThere are literally hundreds!