If you’ve ever made your own almondmilk, or any nut or seed milk (you can find an amazing nut milk tutorial here if you haven’t),you’llknow the process leaves you with a small pile of almond pulp. Please don’t throw it away! There are a number of uses for almond pulp that are absolutely delicious, will add an extra fibre boost to your food and will help you cut down on food waste.
Here’s what we like to do: stockpile the almond pulp in a jar in the freezer and then when we have enough, we defrost it to incorporate into a healthy, gluten-free and dairy-free recipes. We love making almond milk, so we often have almond pulp on hand, but you can save the pulp from any nut or seed milk you like to create.
These are just some of our favourite uses for almond pulp and almond pulp recipes – give them a try!
1. Gluten-Free Bread Crumbs
Spread your nut milk pulp onto a parchment-lined baking sheet and dry it at your oven’s lowest temperature, or use a food dehydrator to make it raw. Once your pulp is dry, crumble it up and store in the fridge to use in recipes that call for bread crumbs as a topping or breading. This is one of our favourite uses for almond pulp!
2. Almond Pulp Crackers
Everyone loves a good cracker! Blend olive oil, sea salt and herbs into your leftover almond pulp, roll it out and bake in the oven. Perfect for pairing with your favourite dip or soup.
Cookies, muffins, quick breads, brownies, granola bars, pie crusts – whatever your fave, you can find a recipe that integrates almond pulp. Since nut milk pulp is rich in fibre, you may need to add some extra liquid into the mix – so be prepared with at least an additional 1/4 cup of liquid.
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4. Homemade Almond Flour
Almond flour can be incredibly expensive, so why not blend your own from leftover almond pulp. Dry out your almond pulp using the instructions above for gluten-free breadcrumbs, and then pulverize it in a blender or spice grinder until superfine. This is great for Paleo-style recipes.
5. Almond Pulp Hummus
Love beans and legumes, but despise the gassiness that ensues? Blend up a bean-free hummus using almond pulp or nut milk pulp instead. With the addition of hummus flavours like tahini, garlic, olive oil and lemon, you’ll get your hummus fix without the side effects.
Smoothies are a wonderful hodgepodge situation that you can stuff with a wide variety of nutritious ingredients that you wouldn’t necessarily eat all on their own. Almond pulpadds texture, thickness and fibre to your favourite smoothie recipe. Start off by adding 1-2 tbsp into the blender and then work up to 1/4 cup or more!
7. Homemade Dairy-Free Chocolate
Try adding your extra almond pulp to homemade dairy-free chocolate, like in raw fudge or pudding recipes or inthe filling foralmond butter cups. You won’t regret it.
Almond pulp has a ricotta cheese-like texture, so it’s the perfect stand-in for vegan cheese recipes. You can mix your favourite herbs and spices into almond pulp and then chill it, or shape it into logs or balls and then roll it in a herb crust. Either way, you’ll end up with an amazingly more-ish snack.
Energy bites are little nuggets of nuts, seeds, dried fruit, coconut, or spices, which means that your leftover almond pulp will fit right in with the crowd. Fold your almond pulp into the mix the next time you make no-bake balls, squares or bites!
You can keep it as is and add it to smoothies or oatmeal for some added nutrition. You can dehydrate almond pulp in your oven or a dehydrator and then blend it to make almond flour. You can also use it in a variety of different recipes and turn it into granola, hummus, crackers, granola bars, brownies, fudge etc.!
Freezing your almond pulp is also a great idea if you regularly make almond milk at home. I generally freeze a few batches first before defrosting and making my own almond flour to use in banana bread. All you need to do is place your almond pulp into a plastic freezer bag, or any sealed container until required.
If you store leftover almond pulp in the fridge, it will last about five days. To store almond pulp in the fridge, make sure it's stored in a sealed container. Glass or another kind of airtight container will work.
Then when your compost pile is ready, the waste from your own yard and kitchen can be used as soil to provide your plants with the nutrients they need in order to thrive, produce food, and release oxygen.
Note: Leftover almond pulp can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days, if you are not quite ready to make your hummus after making a batch of almond milk. 2. Blend the hummus. In your blender, add the almond pulp, tahini, lemon juice, cumin, garlic, salt, olive oil, and 2 tablespoons of water.
Making your own almond milk is an easy way to reduce waste and save money. I love making homemade almond milk because it's delicious and SO easy. But, after you make it, you're left with almond pulp — and while you can compost the almond pulp, it's so much better to reuse it!
Skinny Roux is prepared using avocado oil and almond flour, and cooked slowly until it is the perfect deep, rich, chocolate-brown color! It can be used in your gumbos, stews, and gravies, exactly how you would use a traditional jarred roux.
Simply add blanched almonds to a blender and blitz until a fine, powdery flour is achieved. You know you've gone too far if it starts turning to almond butter instead. Not only is it simple to make, but homemade almond flour tastes fresher and is usually more cost-effective than storebought.
Dehydrate at 145 degrees (F) for 1 hour, then decrease to 115 degrees (F) for 6-8 hours, or until completely dry. Once the pulp is dehydrated and cooled back down to room temperature, place it in either a dry Vitamix container, a Bullet, or a spice or coffee grinder. Grind until it is a fine flour texture.
But here's the deal: the almond pulp is moist and preservative free so you can't dilly dally deciding whether or not to use it. In its current state, you can keep it in the fridge for a few days and after that, it'll have to sleep in the freezer.
If you store leftover almond pulp in the fridge, it will last about five days. To store almond pulp in the fridge, make sure it's stored in a sealed container. Glass or another kind of airtight container will work.
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Almond paste is a baking ingredient used in cookies, cakes, tarts, and other desserts. It consists of a mixture of almonds, sugar, a binding or thickening agent such as corn syrup or glucose, and a natural flavoring agent, usually almond extract.
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