Spiced Almond Butter

Name: Spiced Almond Butter
Yield: Makes 1½ cups
Ingredients: 200 g butter, softened; 1 tsp thyme leaves; ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper; ½ tsp flaked sea salt; ½ tsp hot paprika or chilli powder; ½ tsp hot paprika or chilli powder; 1 heaped tbsp ground cumin; 2 heaped tbsp ground coriander; ¼ cup sesame seeds; 60 g flaked almonds

Preparation info

Makes
1½ cups

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Set a Table

By Karen Dudley

Published 2018

About

It is a cunning idea to have this butter in your arsenal. Terrific tossed with steamed vegetables and marvellous atop pan-fried fish. It brings a fragrance of the Orient.

Ingredients

60 g flaked almonds
¼ cup sesame seeds
2 heaped tbsp<

Condiment
Spicy
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

To make the Spiced Almond Butter, dry roast the almonds in a frying pan over a low heat until golden brown. Tip them onto a plate and repeat with the sesame seeds. Pulse the almonds and sesame seeds in a food processor until coarsely ground. Add the spices, salt, pepper and thyme leaves and pulse until finely ground. Be careful not to overgrind or the mixture will become an oily paste, especial