From the earliest times and was also first used by Greek agriculture, to better food resources are the 'nuts were "a stable food supply and source of nutrients in the diet of masculinity in the Dark Ages. During that period, nuts abundant because forests were much more than it is today, and be happy for their conservation easy, the people around them for times when food was allowed to hold hard to find. (winter, rain, etc.)
There is evidence that from the second centuryBC, the Romans distributed sweets for special occasions such as weddings and births.
Nuts have their place in all cultures and by almost all the dishes in the world. Nuts are from people of all ages for their subtle flavor and high in fat and carbohydrates like. This is the subtle taste, like the heads when creating new dishes and variations.
DESCRIPTION AND ART
Under the category of nuts, you know something from a seed or a legume nodule. ThePeanuts, for example, is a legume, the Brazil nut and macadamia seeds and almonds are the seeds of a fruit like a peach.
Botanically, nuts are just the fruits sown with a tough hard shell and a nucleus that contains edible that is enclosed in a soft leather interior.
Virtually all the walnut trees can grow slowly but live a long time. Walnut trees, chestnut or pecan nuts continue to produce, often more than 100 years after planting.
Walnut trees of each species are found throughout thearound the world. Almonds are found for example in California, Spain, Morocco, Italy and even Australia, where the walnut throughout North America, the Andes and Persia are found in Australia. Asia also has a wide selection of nuts. Ginkgo nuts in China, Indonesia and Malaysia candle nuts, coconut throughout South Asia, cashews to India and Malaysia and the Philippines, China and Japan in the chestnuts and water chestnuts, China, Japan , Korea and Middle isIndies.
Some of the better known NUTS:
ALMOND
Scientists consider the almonds as stone fruit, like cherries, peaches and plums.
As most people know only the seed (stone) of this fruit, it is generally accepted as a mother.
Almond tree looking like small green peaches. When they are ripe, the shell will open and show the mother in her bowl.
There are different varieties of almonds.
The bitter almond is the heart of the apricot, which was foundgrows wild in China, from the late Tang Dynasty (619-907 AD).
The same power of apricots in Europe and was the fruit of apricots which is now popular all over the world. The bitter almond kernel is poisonous in its raw state and must be quickly poached and used in an oven before further processing. It is mainly used in desserts such as almond tofu Chinese.
The sweet almond is generally limited for eating fresh. In 1986, California alone produces 70 000Tons of almonds, half of world production. The almond is cultivated throughout the Mediterranean since ancient times and can always be found wild in Algeria and also the Black Sea Almond can buy peeled, cut into 1 / 2 with skin, skin flakes, blanched, flaked or crushed salt. are used for snacks, marzipan sweets and desserts, as well as essential for the production of liquor, oil and cosmetic products.
Bunya Bunya PineNUT
Bunya Bunya Tree is a member of the family and pine grows almost anywhere in Australia. Originally, the tree is located in Brisbane and Rockhampton, in Queensland, Australia. Only female plants produce a mother 2cm x 2.5 cm in the cone.
In the old days of the Bunya Bunya pine nuts were used for stable food products and in Native ceremonies. In these days of winning the dice in popularity because of the tendency of the local cuisine in Australia (bush food) in the pastYears.
The mother is rich in carbohydrates, such as chestnut, and then used more like a potato than a mother. Bunya Bunya Nuts to be eaten raw, but are usually cooked for easy removal of the shell. Shelled nuts are roasted and seasoned with butter, pepper or sugar, or added to stews and soups.
Böpple NUT RED
The dice are a relative of the red Böpple macadamia nut, and originating in the tropical forest of the eastern coast of Australia.
The mother is about the sameSize of a walnut and has a thick (0.5 cm 0 1 cm), woody shell with a bright red leather exterior, which appear only when the mother is fully mature.
In contrast to most other nuts, the mother Böpple red is very low in fat but rich in calcium and potassium. The low fat content make this die very easily digestible. The nuts are roasted or raw.
COCONUT
"He who plants a coconut tree," says the proverb "food and beverage plants, vessels and clothing, a home for himself and aLegacy for his children. "In fact, every part of the coconut is used, but only the coconut milk and coconut pulp is the food. The shell will be used as coal, is the shell can be used to make ropes, clothes and brushes, and makes the tree trunk and leaves are used for the roofs of houses and construction materials, respectively.
The fruit of the palm Cocos nucifera `has' an edible core and, therefore, as a mother. The palm is from the Philippines, Malaysia, Brazil and Indonesia, andable to produce fruit for 5-10 years, with a duration of 70 years. Coconut trees grow best near the coast, but have to endure the high altitude, although the rate of production far from the sea, the tree grows, is in decline.
The big fat green pod contains a fibrous sheath around a brown cup containing a brown layer of soft white flesh and clear water in between. Sub-species found only on an island in the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, creating aMother often weighing more than 20, which in 10 years to mature.
Coconuts are used commercially in the world. Especially meat or copra as it is called after drying in the sun, is crucial for the export industry, in coconut growing countries. Coconut is an important food especially in Southeast Asia, India, Brazil and the islands of the South Pacific.
The cover is hosted crushed or dried and used in cakes, ice cream and coat chicken or fishfor frying. But much of it is for its oil as coconut fat, like fat white and pressed at room temperature. It's getting not only for cooking and for making margarine, but it is also used in soaps, detergents, shampoos, facial creams, perfumes and candles.
There is also an important ingredient in the glycerin, synthetic rubber, glass and hydraulic brake fluid. Coconut juice or milk is the natural juice of the mother, but not the water inside the coconut. E 'obtained by crushing the raw materialsCoconut, then add the water and filter the mixture through a cotton cloth. Coconut milk is also the texture and color of skim milk and is available in cans or frozen.
CANDLE NUT
The candle nut takes its name, since he is stuck near the rib of a palm leaf, use a candle primitive. More recently, the nuts are ground into a paste, mixed with copra (coconut meat) and ten formed into a candle.
Candlenut are the seeds of the berry candleTree that spreads in Indonesia and Malaysia, but much of the south-east Asia, South Pacific and Sri Lanka.
The mother has a high content of fat and is estimated to extract the oil for lighting and cooking. The mother is gray to black, about 5 cm in diameter, with a thin shell with a paper or two dice.
Candlenut oil for lighting is obtained by roasting the nuts when they are only half as a mature oil obtained from the roasting of nutswhen they are fully ripe. For human consumption must be nuts as raw material are also borne diseases are roasted.
Candle ripe nuts are roasted and then pounded into a meal with salt, pepper and shrimp paste for use as an ingredient in curry or spicy curries. Traditionally, the Javanese, have to eat all the nuts in a pan.
PALM NUT
The Palmyra palm is the most countries in Southeast Asia, produces a hard, polished walnut, from which a sweet juice or gelis extracted. While this sap is used in Indonesian cooking, for soups and desserts, is another product that is produced from known starting Palmyra palm - The Palm Sugar (gula Melacca).
There are no reliable data on the nutritional value of palm kernel, but it is generally known that fat is saturated.
Macadamia Nut
Originally from Queensland and New South Wales in Australia, the macadamia is named after Dr. John McAdam, a scientist and earlyA supporter of Australian culture.
The macadamia trees are evergreen and reach a height of 20 meters. The edible seeds of the plant has a very tough silk, oats, light brown skin, 2-3 cm in diameter.
In 1888, macadamia trees are in Hawaii, where, through careful cloning and hybridization, was planted an important commercial product.
Today, macadamia nuts are also grown in South Africa, Zimbabwe, California and parts of South and Central America.
Theis very difficult to break the macadamia nut, as the shell is very hard and so fast in the kernel when the nut is broken. In Hawaii, American scientists have developed a way to separate the kernel from the shell, reducing drying them in containers. They then developed the first commercial crackers. It was through these two developments, the macadamia nut, has about the economic impact could be made today.
This is also why macadamia nuts are only availablealready de-shelled. Macadamia nuts are also valued for their oil and butter macadamia nuts.
They are roasted and salted. When buying macadamia nuts, is to give the eggs are packed in an airtight container or vacuum, because once you open up a little 'stale.
Macadamia nuts and snack cakes are to win, but also in popularity in the kitchen, because they have a very sweet taste and delicate texture and add to salads and hot dishes. There is no oil makes an excellentVinaigrette and cold sauces.
Water chestnuts
The name refers to the mother tuber as an aquatic plant called Trapa. The plants are often used for different parts of the world, but especially in Japan, China and Thailand, where there is also a popular ingredient in his kitchen.
Trapa the roots of plants in ponds and lakes, and sends the leaves, "to the surface, like a water lily. The water chestnut grows on the roots below the water surface. Water Chestnuts are flat andround with a diameter of 5-7 cm. They have a soft black skin and white flesh as the flesh of a coconut. Once peeled, they can be eaten raw or dried and are a popular part because its crunchy texture and sweet flavor, delicate. Water chestnuts are also boiled and made into flour used for thickening sauces and dishes such as corn starch.
CHESTNUT
The chestnut is thought to have originated in southern Europe and Persia, but are also found inChina, Japan and North America.
The nuts have a dark brown and shiny leathery shell. They can be eaten raw, but are usually cooked, eaten fried or baked or sweetened chestnut purée or without sugar. They are also sold in syrup marron glaces.
Chestnuts are the only nuts that are treated as a vegetable, because they contain more starch (30%) and less than 3% fat.
Chestnuts are also a meal high in fiber and starch.
CASHEWNUT
Originally from the West Indies and introduced originally from the north of Brazil, Portuguese discoverer of the mother in India and Malaysia and parts of Africa.
The hard-shelled nut cashew growing inside the apple. When they are ripe, the cashew apples are displayed at the end of the red or yellow. The cashew tree is a member of the family poison ivy, and farmers have great precautions when extracting the nuts. The hard shell contains an oil that irritates the skin, then diceheated to extract the kernel. The smoke and steam that occurs, however, may be harmful to the skin and eyes. When heated, the cashews are harmless and can be extracted.
GINKGO NUT
The ginkgo is the ginkgo tree survived only as a prehistoric wild tree in China.
The fruit resembles a plum small, but has a shell foul and bitter. The Chinese are waiting to complete the body smelly, then paint the nuts and use them for festive decorations first crack opensthe mother to eat. In Japan and Korea, ginkgo nuts are then skewered and grilled, which makes the color from yellow to green nuts. In China, the ginkgo nut is a popular ingredient in vegetarian dishes. The nuts can get fresh or canned.
Hazelnut
The mother of the core comes from North America and Europe and has been in the works since 2838 BC and was mentioned by many human diseases curry, and considered ideal for boldness and credited as the usea hair tonic. Some say the name of Hazel St. Philibert, a French abbot, whose feast day August 22 coincides with the maturity of the dice before arriving in the northern hemisphere.
Hazelnuts have a very hard shell, a nutcracker, which must first be broken to the kernel. Hazelnuts are available, raw food, boiled or roasted, ground and hazelnut liqueur.
PEANUT
The peanut is not a real nut. And 'the seed of a legume witha soft-shelled, brown and brittle belongs to the botanical family of beans and peas. But they are usually considered together with the nuts, because they are the physical properties and nutritional value. The nuts grow on the roots of the plant along and under the earth. The groundnut is from Brazil and has been there since the first time in 950 BC.
Today, peanuts are grown in the tropics of the world (India, China, West Africa, Australiaand the United States, the countries fastest growing of peanuts). Peanut producing excellent oil, which is used for salads and cold dishes and for frying. Peanuts also produce peanut butter, margarine, and also used in canned sardines. Peanuts are a whole de-shelled and de-skin and raw or roasted. Peanuts are used in all different varieties in everything from salads to entrees and desserts.
Pine nuts
These are the edible seeds of pine, and grow into the cone.Pines are found in the southern United States, Mexico and throughout the Mediterranean. It 'very difficult to establish a pine, as the trees grow very slowly and not in possession of a quantity of fruits until they are 75 years old.
Pine nuts are usually obtained first and then roasted, fried or grilled. Pine nut oil is used for the cosmetics industry. Flour is used in pastry with pine nuts.
Pistachio
The pistachio is a smaller kernel pistachio green that grows onOriginating in Syria, Palestine and Persia.
The natural color of the shell is gray-white, but sometimes the nuts are dyed red to cover some of the spots.
The pistachio is now cultivated in India, Europe, North Africa, Mexico, the United States and the Far East. Pistachios are typically sold in their shell or shelled and blanched.
The green seeds as a flavoring in the cream, sugar and ice.
WALNUT
The walnut and pecan nut tree is associatedand grows throughout North America, the Andes and Europe to China. English walnuts, butter, walnuts and pecan nuts are, botanically speaking. All that the nuts have different skins and seeds, but the English walnut with its rough, ridged yellow-brown shell and kernel is the most popular and commonly known as 'The Nut' means.
Nuts in the shell or shell de-purchased and after for their oil which is used for cooking and salads, and soughtDressing.
Other frequent NUTS:
Macadamia nuts)
Bunya Bunya pine nuts), Australia
Red Bobble slot)
Candle Nut) Malaysia
Palm Nut), the Philippines,
Brazil
Coconut), Indonesia, China
Water Chestnut)
Brazil nuts), South America
Beechnuts) U.S.
Pecans) North America
Nutrition & INFORMATION
Nuts are high in fat (40-60%) and fiber (5-15%) with moderate amounts of protein (2-25%) and small amounts of starch (up to 10%). Chestnuts are mentioned as an exception to this generalRule.
The fats in nuts are usually simple and contain no cholesterol and polyunsaturated fats such as nuts are harvested from plants. Only the coconut and palm seeds contain saturated fats.
Significant amounts of minerals can in nuts, including zinc, calcium, iron, phosphorus and magnesium found.
They also contain some pro-vitamins and vitamins such as thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and vitamin E & C.
Walnuts contain little natural sodium and have a high percentage ofPotassium recommended in this setting to control blood pressure.
Unfortunately, the dice are often used as a snack, which interferes with the natural balance sold salted, salted nuts and adopt a perfection in human fat and salt.
Nuts are also a great source of energy, and often used in for the athletes.
Used in moderation, nuts are salted forms nutritionally valuable foods.
USE dice for the professional chef
It is notknow where to start, where to gather information on the use of nuts and nut products related to hospitality today. In the kitchen there is no limit to the amount of food and a chef's creations nuts or nut products may be used. From appetizers to salads, soups and desserts, cheeses, fish, pasta, meat and vegetables, nuts are very versatile and not beyond food flavoring, and the delicate flavor and firm early to take on almost all products identified assupplement.
Walnut oil is also widely used for dressings, frying and cooking uses hot and cold foods. Nut liqueurs are a welcome addition to sauces and spicy sauces and creams, pastries, marzipan and other dried fruits are often produced chocolates and sweets can be used. In Indian cuisine, a paste of cashew nuts is often used for thickening sauces and curries. Due to the spread of various nuts all over the world, the nuts are known in almost every kitchen, usedand its nutritional value make it a win for so many diets since ancient times.
In bars, nuts are used as coatings (hazelnuts, almonds) and liquid (coconut milk) and as a snack with drinks (salted nuts) served
