House prep · Syrup
Almond Orgeat (22:25)
- Yield
- About 2 cups
- Shelf life
- 3 weeks
- Storage
- Refrigerated
Ingredients
- 8 oz almonds
- 0.5 oz blanched apricot kernels (optional)
- 1.5 cups water, plus more for soaking
- Cane sugar, 0.88 times the weight of the nut milk
- 0.25 cup brandy
- 1 tsp orange flower water
Method
- 1Toast the nuts at 375°F for fifteen minutes, soak thirty minutes and discard the water. Grind fine and steep overnight in the measured water. Strain, then steep the nut meat three more times in the liquid warmed to 125°F, straining each time. Press out the milk, weigh it and add the sugar. Boil to 230 to 235°F, cool, and stir in the brandy and orange flower water.
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