The Art of French Pastry

over medium heat. Place the sheet pan with the nuts back in the turned- off oven. The heat of the oven ...

nuts, and stir for 15 seconds. 3 Add the cocoa butter or clarified butter, stir for 15 seconds, and d ...

and set it aside, then separate the nuts as instructed in Method 1 and allow to cool. Store in an airtight ...

The nuts will be slightly tacky to the touch because of the cocoa butter, but if they have been properly ro ...

crunchy. STORAGE Keep the nuts away from humidity in an airtight container at room temperature together with ...

the caramel will melt and make the nuts soggy and sticky. NUT ROASTING CHART Here is a chart that shoul ...

paper–lined sheet pan placed on the middle rack. Almonds, sliced, chopped, or slivered with or without skin: 2 ...

minutes Cashew pieces: 15 to 20 minutes Cashews, whole: 20 to 25 minutes Flax seeds: 40 to 45 minutes Hazelnuts, ...

minutes Peanuts, whole: 55 to 60 minutes Pecan pieces: 17 to 22 minutes Pecans, whole: 20 to 25 minutes Pine nu ...

Sesame seeds: 40 to 45 minutes Sunflower seeds: 40 to 45 minutes Walnut pieces: 17 to 22 minutes Walnuts, whole: ...

understand that the skin on certain nuts, such as hazelnuts and especially walnuts and pecans, is very bitter. Removin ...

is not difficult to skin almonds and hazelnuts. To skin almonds, place a pan of water on the stove and bring ...

spoon, take one almond out of the hot water, rinse with cold water, and place it between your thumb and index fing ...

heat and drain the nuts and water through a colander. If it doesn’t, leave for another 10 to 20 seconds, th ...

skin the nuts; this goes more quickly than you’d think. Once skinned, place them on a cloth kitchen towel ...

that they can breathe. Do not refrigerate or put them in a plastic bag or an airtight container right after ...

out. Allow the almonds to dry completely before storing. I use another system to skin hazelnuts or filberts. Preh ...

paper. Bake the nuts for 15 to 20 minutes. Dump them onto a kitchen towel, fold the towel over the nuts, ...

more minutes and repeat. WHAT TO DO IF THE CARAMEL SEIZES If this small amount of caramel seizes, do not panic. Just ...

return the pan to medium-low heat and allow the mixture to heat until it liquefies, without stirring, then begin ag ...