So we were trying to make macarons, and to be cheap, we decided to grind our own almond meal. We didn't quite get almond meal, but we did get almond butter, unintentionally (alas, we needed to start over with a new batch of almonds to try make the almond meal again).
Chef Uy: Keep sifting whatever you grind and whatever doesn't pass, process again.
*twenty minutes later*
Chef Hans: I'm sifting Play Doh...
Chef Sherbert: *looks online* Hey, guess what! If you grind almonds with a food processor, then you might get almond butter!
Chef Hans: Hmm ... this is pretty oily looking actually...
Almond Meal
Ingredients
1 cup slivered almonds
Directions
Finely grind roasted almonds in a food processor, a little at a time. Sift almonds into a bowl; whatever does not pass, return to processor and continue grinding and sifting.
Notes: Supposedly, a blender or clean coffee grinder works even better than a food processor to male almond meal since you're less likely to end up with butter.
Chef Hans also says that grinding a little at a time is much faster than dumping everything at once. All from exprience -- hence us failing and moving on to almond butter.
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Almond Butter
Ingredients
1 cup slivered almonds
sugar or honey, to taste
cinnamon, to taste
Directions
Finely grind 1 cup roasted almonds in a food processor, and blend into a smooth paste. Add sugar or honey and cinnamon. Store in the refrigerator, in an airtight container.
Notes: It will take a while before the almonds start forming a paste. You can add some oil to help it blend.
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