I fully intended to provide a picture of the lovely golden hazelnut butter I made yesterday. I had the camera sitting in the kitchen. I put the nut butter into a nice white bowl so it would photograph beautifully. But then I took a tiny taste. Then another. Then another. And, well, pretty soon it was all gone. All that was left was the bowl. And I licked that clean, so there really wasn't anything left to photograph.
I don't make nut butters often because it is a long process, and I usually eat the entire thing in one sitting. So I make it as a treat. Around these parts, nut trees grow all over the place. Hazelnuts, almonds and walnuts grow in places like parking lots, parks, backyards. So getting fresh picked nuts is quite easy.
Making nut butters is simple. Roast the nuts. Cool. Blend in a blender until smooth (I like mine kinda crunchy). Add a bit of oil to make it blend smoothly. I like mine plain, but you can add some vanilla or honey or sugar. That's it.
The biggest nuisance for me is cracking the nuts. I've got a nutcracker that cracks exactly one nut at a time. It takes me two hours to crack one kilo of nuts. After separating the shells from the nut-meat, I end up with half a kilo of shelled nuts. Half a kilo of nuts will make about half a litre of nut butter. That isn't a lot.
I only made 200 grams of hazelnut butter yesterday. So I don't feel too horrible about eating the whole thing in one sitting. But I wish I had more...so I could take a picture.
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