10 lbs of almonds for gifts

[irishteabear]

Have 10 lbs of raw almonds soaking in a brine of just kosher salt and water. Will be smoking these later using hickory. I may have to do another batch next weekend, these were a huge hit last year.

[curious aardvark]

yeah the smoked almonds do go down well - costco didn't have the big bags this year. :-(

Not paying uk supermarket prices for almonds.
Guess it's a good job I'm doing lots of cheese and snackstix lol

[Whisky Fish]

You folks are great! that's it, I'm doin a cold smoke on Monday. Thanks for the motivation

[Squirrel]

Oh yummmmm. Smoked almonds are the best. Any smoked nuts are good though.

[irishteabear]

Good thing I have lots of racks.

[curious aardvark]

looking good

So what's the big lump of meat at the bottom ?

[irishteabear]

So what's the big lump of meat at the bottom ?

It's a round sirloin tip roast, posted in the beef section.

[Mikey]

Lookin' good, Dawn. There's nothing like homemade gifts at this time of year Kinda hard to beat the Bandera for capacity.

[THE__DRIFTER]

Any time / temp preference? Thinking of these with a bit of cayenne and salt would be great or of course the MH that Rich sent up...

[irishteabear]

Any time / temp preference?

I usually wind up smoking them between 225 and 250 for between 2 and 3 hrs. Just until they're lightly brown and slightly crunchy. Once they cool off they do tend to be a little bit crunchier.

[Slanted88]

Get on it ITB!....Nice...

[WALLE]

Very nice, Dawn! Smoked almonds are da bomb!

Regarding other comments below and cold smoking... my experience has been that they do need some roasting - like Dawn is doing - rather than just a cold smoke. That's just me.

[SMOKE FREAK]

I usually wind up smoking them between 225 and 250 for between 2 and 3 hrs. Just until they're lightly brown and slightly crunchy. Once they cool off they do tend to be a little bit crunchier.

Timing is everything...there's a fine line between not quite ready and oh crap

Very nice, Dawn! Smoked almonds are da bomb!

Regarding other comments below and cold smoking... my experience has been that they do need some roasting - like Dawn is doing - rather than just a cold smoke. That's just me.

If youre using raw almonds like I do they need roasted...

[irishteabear]

If you buy already roasted almonds when you hot smoke them you are essentially roasting them a second time, I buy raw for that reason.

[ALX]

Looking good dawn..Lucky folks.This is something i need to do,,,I love em storebought... so i figure they would be even better done myself etc....