How do you roast almonds with a kick?

How do you roast almonds with a kick?

My friend Yehuda was complaining how much weight he’d gained when he was stuck at home during the corona virus. 

It had been too easy to fill up time snacking on food like cookies, potato chips, cake, popcorn and other carbs. I called it “Corona Carbesity Syndrome!”

I convinced him that by cutting way back on carbohydrates (sugars, grains and starches) and eating a modified Mediterranean Style menu with lots of good fats like olive oil and fish – he’d lose weight in no time.

We had been weighing in weekly, and one week he lost six pounds! But he complained “But what can I snack on?”

I suggested home-made roasted almonds. When you make them roasted in Galilee Green Olive Oil, the extra fat makes them much more satisfying and filling (you only need 6 or 7 to satisfy your craving for a snack).  This recipe is based on one from Rachel Cooks

When he asked, “How do you roast almonds?” I showed him!

Ingredients

Watch us make these Almonds!

• 2 tbsp Galilee Green olive oil (GGOO)
• 3 cups of whole unsalted raw almonds
• 1 tsp (or less) Himalayan or Sea Salt
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 180C/350F
2. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl until almonds are coated
3. Spread in a single layer on baking paper on a roasting pan
4. Roast for ten minutes and take them out and stir
5. Put them back in the oven for another 5-10 minutes
6. Keep an eye on them because they can go from well toasted to burnt quickly!
7. Allow to completely cool and store in an airtight container

When you take them out of the oven they might seem a bit “oily” but most of that yumminess will get absorbed into the almonds as they cool.