Hazelnuts?

zippychick

Pink-winged wrote: »

They are best eaten fresh so the best place to keep them is in the fridge in a container without a lid, with absorbent paper such as kitchen roll in the bottom to stop moisture forming and prevent them from going mouldy. If you want to keep them for longer (they will last to Christmas) they should be removed from the husk and stored in a ventilated container in a cool dark place.

I'll add your post to the thread that zippychick mentioned as your question may help others.

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Pink

This is where I appear a bit silly. Are there fresh and dried out hazelnuts? Sorry, genuinely don't know - I was talking about dried out like you buy in the shops. Never occured it would be different if they were fresh. :o

Never encountered moist ones. Need to learn more stuff, so this is good!

Pink.

zippychick wrote: »

This is where I appear a bit silly. Are there fresh and dried out hazelnuts? Sorry, genuinely don't know - I was talking about dried out like you buy in the shops. Never occured it would be different if they were fresh. :o

Never encountered moist ones. Need to learn more stuff, so this is good!

You don't appear silly! Hazelnuts (sometimes known as cob nuts) grow on trees and are ready for picking about now. I know a great tree for picking locally if you're interested.

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zippychick

So that's what cob nuts are?!:rotfl:

Yeah yeah yeah ! Pm me! Oh so excited!

sparrer

'Twas suggested by a kind poster on greenfingered board I put this here for more replies, so here goes -

I have a huge pile of filberts/cobnuts/hazelnuts - call them what you will - in my garden, dropped from an overhanging tree in the disused orchard beyong the wall, with still plenty more reachable fruit on the tree Other than eating them as they are, are there any recipes I could use them in? It's free food and would hate to see them go to waste.
tia

strawbz

Hi, found this on google http://www.cooksunited.co.uk/rs/s0/hazelnut/recipes.html

Sorry, I don't have any personal experience of cooking with hazelnuts.

Pink.

Hi sparrer,

These threads may help:

Hazelnuts?

Cob Nuts!

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the suggestions together.

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sparrer

strawbz wrote: »

Hi, found this on google http://www.cooksunited.co.uk/rs/s0/hazelnut/recipes.html

Sorry, I don't have any personal experience of cooking with hazelnuts.

Oh wow, strawbz, just skimmed through the recipes and found cauliflower with hazelnut sauce - can't wait to try it! Thank you very much for the link, will spend a peaceful hour this afternoon looking at it

strawbz

lol, funnily enough that was the first recipe I was drawn to. I love cauliflower soup so may have to try that one myself too

FLA27

Thanks from me too Strawbz. My parents have a tree in their garden that has been loaded with hazelnuts this year and I am already a little fed up with baking and eating Hazelnut cookies. My Dad is retired now and has time to sit and crack them open for me!

The soup does sound like a good idea.

PipneyJane

sparrer wrote: »

' Other than eating them as they are, are there any recipes I could use them in? It's free food and would hate to see them go to waste.
tia

How about this: Carrot and Hazelnut Roast Serves 4.

Ingredients
100g-150g hazelnuts
2 slices bread
1 onion quartered
2 large carrots cut into chunks
2 teaspoons mixed herbs
2 eggs beaten
1 tablespoon soy sauce.

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C.
2. In a foodprocessor, whiz together the onion, bread, hazelnuts and carrots until chopped fine (not puree). Add the mixed herbs, soy sauce and eggs. Whiz until blended.
3. Turn into a lined loaf pan and bake for around 50 minutes.
4. Serve with roasted veggies and gravy, like you would any other roast.

The above is my version of a recipe from Rose Elliott's Cheap and Easy Vegetarian Cooking. I am not quoting it verbatum; my version has several changes from the original.