How to make cashew nut butter in a power blender
A power blender is an amazing gadget in the kitchen. I can grind whole raw almonds into flour, effortlessly churn roasted cashews into butter, and whip together the smoothest smoothie I have ever encountered.
I made a video doing all of the above to show you.
I had attempted to make cashew nut butter in the past. It’s a thing of delicious unctuous beauty and had failed. You simply roast the nuts off for a few minutes and allow the machine to do the rest.
I blitzed up a frozen pink grapefruit and lime cocktail to make a granita, which can just as easily be churned into sorbet. It was so refreshing. Making a healthy smoothie with frozen mango, banana and blueberries was positively child-play for this beast.
I originally made these recipes in my Greenis Power Blender but that has subsequently been discontinued in South Africa. I now own a KitchenAid Blender and this does the job perfectly.
My healthy blueberry and banana high-protein smoothie
I can’t wait to get baking with all the nut and grain flours I will be making, and already dreaming about the soups I’ll be having this winter.
If you follow me on Instagram stories you may have seen I posted about the incredible hummus I made. I can’t wait to share that with you soon.
Recipe suggestion:
Spread the cashew nut butter on whole-grain toast top with sliced bananas and drizzle honey. Find the recipe below.
How to make Almond flour
500gms whole raw almonds
Whizz the almonds through the Greenis smart power blender briefly until you have a flour consistency. Be careful to not over-churn this as it can start turning into almond butter.
Mango, banana & berry smoothie with cashew nut butter
- 1 fresh or frozen mango that has been diced
- 1 fresh or frozen banana, sliced
- 1 cup frozen berries of your choice (blueberries and strawberries work well)
- 1 cup full-fat Greek yoghurt
- 1 cup skim milk
- 1 Tbsp cashew nut butter (or peanut butter)
- 1 Tbs flaxseed flour (you make this by grinding flax seeds up)
Put all of the ingredients into the jug of the Greenis smart power blender adding the liquids first and either set it to the smoothie program or set the timer yourself and the blade power to medium. Churn until you have the desired consistency using the tamper to push down on the mixture to ensure even circulation.
*PS add honey or maple syrup if you want to sweeten this.
Pink grapefruit granita
- 600ml freshly squeezed or high-quality store-bought pink grapefruit juice
- 3/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice (about 2 limes)
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 30ml reposado tequila (optional) to make this into a Paloma granita
Add all the ingredients except the tequila to a medium pot and bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat.
Freeze in one or two small trays/ dishes with sides.
Break the frozen juice blend into shards and add it to the jug of the Greenis smart power blender and either set it to the smoothie program or set the timer yourself and the blade power to medium. Churn until you have the desired consistency using the tamper to push down the mixture to ensure even circulation.
For the cashew nut butter recipe, I kept it neutral because I wanted to use it in a few savoury recipes. Think satay sauce. Adding vanilla and other spices could be wonderful too.
Cashew nut butter recipe:
How to make cashew nut butter in a power blender
Ingredients
- 500 gms raw cashew nuts
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C / 350F and spread the nuts evenly on a large baking sheet.
- Dry roast the nuts for 12 – 15 minutes until golden brown giving the pan a shake around halfway through. Rotate the tray if you have a hot patch in your oven.
- Add the nuts directly to the jug of the Greenis smart power blender and either uses the sauce program or set the timer yourself and the blade power to maximum. Churn until you have the desired consistency, using the tamper to push down on the nuts to ensure even circulation. (in case you were wondering, the tamper doesn’t reach the blade level so you have no risk of a kitchen disaster with it).
Notes
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Good to hear there’s a machine available that can do the job. I’ve burnt out four processors already making nut butters and nice cream. The texture looks on the cashew butter looks superb!
Oh my word Di, 4! Yes I was pretty gobsmacked how quickly it makes it. Matter of minutes. When making almond flour, I had to be very quick because its starts turning to butter quickly.
Cashew butter is my favorite, such a perfect breakfast idea!