Almonds are a versatile ingredient in both savory and sweet dishes, providing nutrition and crunch. They are used in Turkish, Indian, and American cuisine, including main courses and desserts such as baklava and almond cakes.
Almonds add crunch and nutrition to both savory dishes and desserts. They are a good source of vitamin E and protein. Almonds feature prominently in Turkish and Indian cuisines and are also used in American baking and cooking. There are many different types of delicious almond dishes, including main courses and treats.
Almonds can accompany main courses in many different ways. Pork chops can be stuffed with a mixture of bread cubes, almonds, herbs, and other ingredients. Ground almonds, cracker crumbs and seasoning mixes can be used for coating, or bread, chicken breasts or fish fillets for frying. Fish or poultry is dipped in an egg-milk mixture and then rolled in almond-cracker breading before deep-frying.
Ground or ground almonds can also be mixed with cracker crumbs or bread crumbs on veggie or chicken casseroles. Ground almonds are also great for adding to a salad. Green bean casserole is one of America’s most popular almond-based dishes. Green Bean Casserole is a vegetable side dish that mixes green beans, creamy salsa, fried onion rings, and almonds.
Many almond-based main courses also include chicken. Chicken Almondine uses sliced almonds and chicken breast. Badami Murgh (chicken with almonds) is an Indian dish that uses ground and finely chopped almonds. A creamy almond soup made from finely chopped almonds is also part of Indian cuisine. Dried fruits and nuts such as almonds are sprinkled over greens such as squash, and ground almonds are often used in curries.
Almond dishes are extremely popular in Turkish cuisine. Almonds, hazelnuts and walnuts are commonly eaten with breakfast foods in Turkey. Rice pilaf with almonds is a Turkish dish that is appreciated all over the world.
Turkish baklava has pistachios in layers of phyllo dough or a syrupy marzipan filling. Almond pudding with ground almonds added to a custard base is another of Turkey’s popular almond-based dishes. Halva is a well known Turkish dessert which can be made with honey, sugar, cinnamon, cream of wheat and ground almonds.
Italian biscuits may feature almonds and almond flavor. Chocolate chip cookies often have cracked almonds added to the batter and after baking, the cookies may be dipped in chocolate and then sprinkled with ground almonds. Almond cakes can contain both ground almonds and almond extract for flavor. Almond cookies can be made with a pie crust base filled with an almond-flavored cream cheese filling. Almond glaze and ground almonds can be sprinkled on top before cutting the dessert into bars.
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