What does Almond butter taste like?

[philmwri]

I saw some organic raw almond butter at the store today and i wanted to know how it tasted before a bought it.:)

[NaiveJeanette]

It's not really what you would expect from almonds, it's very, very sweet! I don't much care for it much as I was always a peanut kid :)
But, I do love almond butter mixed with sweetener and some cacao powder (on apples! yum!!)

Very sweet, very earthy, overly almond-y

[Azaria]

I am flashing back to the "what does a ppistachio taste like" thread :D

Almond butter...yum yum yum....sorry have no idea how to descibe it

[raweater]

I saw some organic raw almond butter at the store today and i wanted to know how it tasted before a bought it.:)

It's important to understand that even though it's labeled as raw it isn't for two reasons:
1. Raw almonds have been banned in USA in 2007
2. Even before the raw almond ban, the process of turning the almonds into butter generates enough heat to cook them even though they are not intentionally cooked.

The word "raw" is also not a controlled term and many highly cooked products like cooked cane sugar can be labeled raw.

If you want truly raw almond butter you need to find truly raw almonds which is very hard because even those that are pasteurized are labeled as raw. Then when you make it it's very hard to turn them to butter without cooking them because of the friction generated when processing them. The first time I tried in my food processor they got so hot it was full of steam in the food processor's bowl.

It's much simpler to make walnut butter and they turn to butter far before getting warm.

[anniecat]

Then when you make it it's very hard to turn them to butter without cooking them because of the friction generated when processing them. The first time I tried in my food processor they got so hot it was full of steam in the food processor's bowl.

I killed my electric nut butter grinder by making almond butter (still need to put a different motor in it one of these days). Since then, I came across a Sweedish Almond Grinder (http://www.ingebretsens.com/details.php?prodID=2550) for $1 at a resale shop. Its great to make a very dry, light almond flour, better then the smallest grater on any of my food processors. The only drawback, is its pretty small, so now I use an electric rotating grater (think salad shooter-lol), sift out the finest for almond flour & keep the courser pieces to make almond butter. I typically use a blender to create the almond butter, running it in short burst to help emulsify the oils, but since there are no big chunks of almonds, there is a lot less heat generated. The really cool thing is you end up not having to add any extra oil, which you typically need to make almond butter.

If I get a chance, I shell some almonds this afternoon to make a batch of almond butter & check the temperature as I do it.

[notwell]

depends on the butter. its like peanut butter but a bit different and u can add things to change it.

[SevenKindsOfCookie]

Since then, I came across a Sweedish Almond Grinder (http://www.ingebretsens.com/details.php?prodID=2550) for $1 at a resale shop. Its great to make a very dry, light almond flour, better then the smallest grater on any of my food processors.

I was thinking last night about using my manual almond grinder to make butter and I was happy to see that someone else already tried it with success. I guess I have no excuse then :)

Also, I didn't know that those were called Swedish Almond Grinders. They are indeed very common here in Sweden but I thought they were just as common elsewhere.

(My first post here by the way)

[SevenKindsOfCookie]

Then when you make it it's very hard to turn them to butter without cooking them because of the friction generated when processing them. The first time I tried in my food processor they got so hot it was full of steam in the food processor's bowl.

I was under the impression that commercial nut butter machines worked very slowly, for several hours crushing the nuts to a smooth consistency.
Though, there will be quite a lot of friction in that process as well, but not nearly as much as in a food processor.