This month we want to make your life a little tastier, do you want to learn how to roast nuts? You’ve been looking forward to it, haven’t you? Here we go!

How to roast nuts

Buying raw nuts and roasting them at home: always worth it. Roasting nuts at home will straight up change your meals such as salads, appetisers and snacks. So let us give you tips on how to get them ready in less than 10 minutes.

Most of the time, we like to roast nuts in the oven. But, why? Because the dry, indirect heat of the oven will roast the nuts more evenly than a skillet will. Using a skillet might trim a few minutes off your cook time, but the heat is uneven. Using a sheet pan in the oven will give you beautiful, even browning.

First things first: Roast the nuts with a good pinch of salt. As the nuts heat up, oils will rise to the surface, giving the correct quantity of salt something to adhere to. Spread them out in an even layer on a sheet pan, and pop them in a 350° oven. Generally speaking, lighter, more tender nuts like pecans, pistachios, and walnuts will take 6-8 minutes to get to a good place. Denser nuts like almonds, hazelnuts, and macadamias will take more like 8-10 minutes to finish toasting. But trust your nose over the timer: Good roasted nuts should be fragrant and roast-y smelling, never burnt or acrid.

You should also make sure to transfer the nuts to a plate right after you take them out of the oven. From here, you can just store the nuts at room temperature. They’ll be their best on the day you roast them, but they’re also good during the following days. You have to keep in mind that after a week, they start to lose that toasty aroma and flavour.

Hurry and learn an innovative way to roast nuts!

Own an air fryer? This handy little tool is a great new and healthy way to toast your nuts Aand one tha you may not have know about! Roasting your nuts in here will just take 3 to 7 minutes depending on the degrees of browning. Quick, reliable, and hands off.

So you get the perfect roast let us give you our tips so you don’t make any mistakes. If nuts are small enough to fall through the holes in your air fryer basket, line the receptacle with parchment. Spread nuts in a single layer, not heaped up in a mound or unevenly distributed across the basket or tray’s surface. If your air fryer doesn’t include a recipe for toasting nuts, experiment with a small amount first, about 1/4 cup should do it. Choose a low temperature (e.g. 325°F), and a short time, say, 3 minutes. Press the start button, and after 3 minutes assess whether you need to add more time. Our tip is that you do not spray the nuts with oil before toasting; they naturally contain enough oil to brown nicely on their own.

For more ideas go over to our healthy recipes.