Smoked Nuts

[deejaydebi]

I think squirrels will eat anything!

Well if it stops snowing I've got pecans, almonds, walnuts and pictaschos wait to smoke. Right now my styrofoam igloo keeps blowing off. Super windy and mixed with hail.

 

[danzguy]

You all sound like smoked nut pros. In the last hour of my ribs I threw a pan of mixed nuts on the top shelf of my MES30. They were chewy when hot and yummy when they cooled. It was easy peasy, and yummy.  

 

[diana]

I think I have stumbled upon a group of smoked nuts !  

I have been wondering---can you use roasted/salted nuts in a can, or must you use raw?  How about temp (I'll use my Bradley) and time?  I'm thinking of smoking cheese and nuts for the Holidays.  And if you think rolling nuts is hard--try cheese !  It makes the paper all gooey.

Diana

 

[rocketfish]

I recently did a batch of walnuts, and they are phenomenal.

3 Tablespoons butter
2 Tablespoon brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt

1 lb. walnuts

[font=Verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif]Melt the butter in a sauce pan on med-low heat and add sugar, salt, and garlic and mix well.  Take off heat, add walnuts and toss them around well.[/font]

[font=Verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif]Spread the nuts out in the smoker and smoke at 225-250 for 40-50 minutes.  You want the brown sugar to sort of caramelize on the walnuts.[/font]

[font=Verdana, arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif]WARNING!  They are addictive as all get out![/font]

 

[linguica]

Sounds like a tasty project for a rainy day.........like tomorrow. Yummy    

 

[smokinuk]

Sorry to be dumb, but why soak them in brine?  What purpose does it serve?

 

[greg b]

Finally smoked some almonds last night:

3 cups blanched almonds

3TBS butter

2 TBS Worcestershire

1.5 tsp onion powder

1.5 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp salt

Coated them good with the mixture then smoked them at 200 for about an hour with hickory, stirred at half hr.

I put them into two foil pans, the one that was lower in the MES got a nice dark toasting, the upper ones were a little lighter. The darker ones taste great, although my wife said they tasted just a bit "burnt" for her. I brought them to work today and, well, they are almost gone and everybody loves them!

My wife loved the lighter ones, so I guess that I will always be doing two separate pans when I smoke them from now on! Sorry for not having pics. The battery was dead on the camera.

 

[shaner]

wat kind off temp do you use wen smoking nuts

 

[mike johnson]

wonder if squirrles will eat smoked pecans.......hummmmmm

 Not sure. But smoked pecans and squirrel sounds like a good dinner!!! YUMMMMMY...

 

[mike johnson]

 
I think I have stumbled upon a group of smoked nuts ! 

I have been wondering---can you use roasted/salted nuts in a can, or must you use raw?  How about temp (I'll use my Bradley) and time?  I'm thinking of smoking cheese and nuts for the Holidays.  And if you think rolling nuts is hard--try cheese !  It makes the paper all gooey.

Diana

 I have  only used mixed nuts from the can. Try to get unsalted though so you can get the spice mix right. Or you can do what I do. Spray the nuts with some oil and add seasonings while mixing and then do a taste test. Keep adding spices until you're full or they taste good. The spray helps the spices stick.

 

[smokinglinda]

Hi, soak raw almonds (1 kg) in 2 cups salt/ 4-5 cups water for 24 hours, stir often. Drain (don't rinse) and spread out to air dry for 24 hours. Smoke at (200 F, 90 C) for 3 hours with hickory wood. Stir around every 1/2 hours or so. These are best left for about 2 weeks (I put them in the fridge) Just fantastic!

 

[smokinglinda]

I also did pistachios. I got 1 KG of already roasted/salted ones. I took 1/2 and left them as they were, took the other half....in a plastic bag, drenched them with lime juice (was fairly light handed because lime can be over-powering) let them air dry for an hour and smoked at 200F - 90 C for 2 hours with hickory smoke. I will add more lime juice next time but they are lovely and again best left for a couple of weeks. Lime drenched ones are by far the better ones......I know it sound weird but really good!

Going to try peanuts and cashews very soon, and possible a almond with a sweet flavour.

 

[rick freitag]

I bought a coffee bean roasting basket and fitted it to my grill. Works good.