Smoked Almonds

[scarbelly]

We just finished smoking some almonds - killer recipe
2 TBS Butter
2 TBS + T Tsp Tabasco
1.5 Tsp Worstehire
.5 Tsp Dry Mustard
.75 Tsp Garlic Powder
.75 granulated salt
2 Cups Raw Almonds

Mix in bowl and let sit for 30 min - drain and add to aluminum pan with ridges to sit on rack - preheat oven to 225 with applewood chunks


Smoke stirring every 30 min for 90 min

Season with the items below to finish
Pinch of smoked hickory salt at the finish
Pinch of popcorn salt at the finish

WOW

 

[smokeyjosh]

man thoes look so so good makes my mouth water and i just got dun eating dinner

 

[meat hunter]

Ive smoke almonds before, but I must say yours look fantastic. Good job. You wanna try some else? Get yourself a 1# bag of salted mixed nuts, and make some homamade smoked peanut butter. That is if you like peanut butter. Better than store bought and more flavor.

 

[scarbelly]

Now that sounds like fun - gonna have to give that one a try
Roasted another batch of nuts the other day and they were a little hotter
even with the same recipie. I love the spice!

 

[beer-b-q]

Smoked Almonds are great... I love the ones you get in bags, never thought of smoking them myself...

The smoked Peanut Butter sounds great too...

 

[meat hunter]

Hey all, I found the post about making peanut butter if your interested.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...+butter&page=2

 

[geek with fire]

That looks like a fine recipe. One thing though, have you tried replacing the butter with bacon grease?

I have a recipe that I use mainly for mixed nuts, but also works for almonds. Seems like the bacon grease adds another dimension. But, as has been mentioned before, bacon makes everything better.

 

[cruizer]

Started doing almonds after coming here. GWF that sounds amazing got that on my list now. Been smoking around 5 lbs almonds with 1 bottle Arizona Gunslinger sauce and a hand full of fresh ground New Mexico red chilies. Save the left over chile sprinkles for other goodies after smoking.

 

[scarbelly]

So about how many TBS is 8 slices - we keep bacon fat in the fridge for cooking and I am really wanting to try this recipe this weekend
Thanks

 

[meat hunter]

Hey all, I dont want to highjack scarbelly's original post, but I have to say to Geek with Fire, that recipe and the end product look amazing.

 

[scarbelly]

I am going to make them this weekend so no hijack issues with the Scarbelly - try them both toally different tastes

 

[distre]

That looks and sounds great Scarbelly. And Meat Hunter that peanut butter sound gooood.

Momma likes peanut butter and Daddy likes it when Momma is happy.

 

[distre]

Scarbelly,

      is it best to hot smoke all nuts or just almonds? I believe you can cold smoke pecans, I was wondering about walnuts.

 

[scarbelly]

Scarbelly,

      is it best to hot smoke all nuts or just almonds? I believe you can cold smoke pecans, I was wondering about walnuts.

I smoke lots of batches of mixed nuts - these almonds are the only time I smoked an individual nut and that was because it was all I had in the house at the time and I wanted to smoke something -

With the mixed nuts I do them at 225 for about 3 hours - I have never tried to cold smoke nuts

 

[chefrob]

i like the toastyness that the heat gives nutz.............

 

[wntrlnd]

this sounds so good, i'm trying this recipe tomorrow!

i like the idea of using bacon fat, too.  probably will make some with butter, some with bacon drippings.

 

[dale5351]

Were your almonds raw or roasted when you started?

We've tried smoked almonds twice now, and neither time came out like we wanted.  Both times started with raw almonds.  First time was cold smoke at the same time as a batch of cheese.  They had an ok flavor, but needed to be cooked / roasted.

Second time, we followed a recipe sort of like yours except we used oil instead of butter.  Also made our own popcorn salt in the baby cusinart.  Smoked over pecan chips at 250.  That time they had a nice crunch and taste, but not much smoke flavor.  It was the first time I had opened that bag of pecan chips.  I'm thinking that they were too mild for doing nuts.

 

[scarbelly]

I don't remember for sure  but I dont  think they were roasted. That post is a year old and I can't remember yesterday LOL  

 

[wntrlnd]

LOL!  I didn't realize how old this post was when i responded to it. 

In any event, I'm trying the recipe with raw almonds.

I saw in another thread you recommended seasoning nuts with chipoltle powder.  I think I'm going to try that, too, since I have some on hand.

 

[scarbelly]

Yes Chipotle and garlic powder - you might want to give them a light spray with some olive oil first then the mix of garlic and chipotle - I just do a light sprinkle of each right out of the jar then smoke them

Let me know how you like them