In our dwelling we normally purchase peanut butters as a result of they’re low cost and there are various manufacturers with clear ingredient labels. We generally purchase almond, hazelnut or cashew butter and different occasions we make these ourselves. It is a fairly simple course of, all you want is a robust meals processor and a few roasted nuts. The fats within the nuts is launched when it’s blended and turns into nut butter. We normally add in sunflower or pumpkin seeds to our nut butters as a result of they’re less expensive than nuts and it is an important little trick to make extra inexpensive nut butters (we made a very prolonged weblog put up about it right here).
What we do not do fairly often is making pure seed butters as they typically prove somewhat thickish and compact. However some time again we visited a restaurant that had a jar of pumpkin seed butter on the counter and it was the whole lot we love about nut butters – wealthy, flavorful, creamy, free and runny – however this one was totally nut free. It dawned on us that almost all of our seed butter makes an attempt had been made with sunflower seeds so as soon as we acquired dwelling we virtually instantly made a batch of pure pumpkin seed butter. It turned out very well however nonetheless barely too thick, so we made one other batch. This time we added somewhat coconut oil and a few cardamom for a taste enhance and it turned completely. Super runny and with an important taste. You may simply play extra with the spices and add cinnamon, ginger and presumably some floor clove for a pumpkin spice taste. You may additionally sweeten it (though it is not vital because the pumpkin seeds present a gentle sweetness). In case you do, we suggest utilizing sugar or coconut sugar moderately than any syrup, as liquid sweeteners react with the oil within the nut butter and make it firmer.
This pumpkin seed butter is extraordinarily good for dunking apple slices, celery and carrot sticks in, however we additionally drizzle it over sandwiches, yoghurt, porridge bowls, combine into power bars and desserts.
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