Homemade almond meal is so easy to make. In less than 5 minutes you can have fresh almond meal, at a fraction of the cost of ready-made products. Be sure to refrigerate (or wrap, label and freeze) any unused almond meal because it can become rancid after being ground and exposed to oxygen and light.
Difficulty: Easy
Time Required: Under 5 minutes- Start to Finish!
Here's How:
- Place 1/2 cup whole, unblanched almonds in a clean electric coffee bean grinder.
- Put the lid on the coffee bean grinder and pulse several times until a medium-fine textured meal forms. Don't over-grind or you will make almond butter!
- Put ground almond meal in a clean flour sifter. Sift almond meal. Place any large particles of almonds back in coffee bean grinder and pulse again. Sift reremaining almond meal.
- That's it. Use any nut to make fresh, delicious nut meals using this simple technique.
Tips:
- Do not over-grind the almonds or you will end up with almond butter!
- Use a flour sifter free of any gluten cross-contamination. Make your sifter a "dedicated" gluten free flour sifter- use only gluten free ingredients in it!
- Store-bought almond meal is frequently made with blanched almonds- almonds that have had the skins removed. I like to use almonds with their skins on because the skin contains healthy antioxidants.
- Always store almond meal in a labeled container in the refrigerator or freezer.
What You Need:
- Almonds- Whole with skin
- Electric coffee bean grinder
- Flour sifter
- Storage container
