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Nut butters ...?

rawpretzelarawpretzela Raw Newbie
in Food Preparation

Oh my,, im desperatee! I'm always triying to get my almond or any nut butter but it just doesn't work. And I'm against adding more oil, so i added water this time.... It wasn't bad, actually it helped. What do you know? Has anyone added waterr? Help pleaseee, i love nut butters and where I live i can't get them (Mexico) so i have to make them, unless I order them from internet but what a waist of time... Send tips THAANKS

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  • fiberartchicfiberartchic

    I see many posts about nut butter preperation here. I have successfully been making my own almond butter for a while now. I will share what I do. I do not soak my almonds before, and I cannot say that it is raw becasue the FP makes things hot, so I dont know how to solve this. I have also tried it in my champion juicer and it doesnt work. OK so that said, I grind the almonds, and keep doing so for at least 20 min with the "S" blade on the quisenart. You will see it go through stages, first crumbs, second oily crumbs, then it will stick to the bottom, you may need to scrape it up a bit, then it will eventually form into a ball, that's an important step becasue then you know youre almost there! Keep going (taking breaks to cool off motor or contents ok as well at any time) after about 5 minutes it will turn into butter. You can add some almond butter from a previous batch at this point to speed things along but you want to keep going at this stage until it's the consistancy that you like. You just need a ton of patience but let me tell you it tastes amazing when it's fresh and you shouldnt need to add any oil. Put in the fridge and enjoy! (sorry for spelling errors if any)

  • sarah_elmoresarah_elmore

    fiberartchic, thanks for the suggestion. I too struggle with getting my almond the right consistency; and i hate adding so much oil.

  • sarah_elmoresarah_elmore

    haha - funny story.

    so i tried making almond butter by blending the almonds in the food processor. I was making it based on the suggestion.

    anyway, i was just processing away thinking..hmm...ill just let it go and blend and blend and it will be smooth.

    HA! so i was about 5 minutes into this thing and the food processor starts SMOKING! hahaha

    Thank goodness the husband said something or else we could of had a little char mixed in (dont think thats raw you know). hahaha

    oh good times.

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