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Almond milk is a plant-based milk substitute with a watery texture and nutty flavor manufactured from almonds, [1] although some types or brands are flavored in imitation of cow's milk. [2] It does not contain cholesterol or lactose and is low in saturated fat .
Almond flakes are added to many sweets (such as sohan barfi), and are usually visible sticking to the outer surface. Almonds form the base of various drinks which are supposed to have cooling properties. Almond sherbet or sherbet-e-badaam, is a common summer drink. Almonds are also sold as a snack with added salt.
Almond paste or marzipan was highly prized by the caliphs of Baghdad. The Kitab al-Tabikh or Book of Recipes was a collection of recipes from the court of ninth-century Baghdad. The most esteemed sweet was lauziinaq , an almond paste much like marzipan. [ 2 ]
Recipes from the 13th-century Levant exist describing almond milk. [12] Soy was a plant milk used in China during the 14th century. [3] [13] In medieval England, almond milk was used in dishes such as ris alkere (a type of rice pudding) [14] and appears in the recipe collection The Forme of Cury. [15]
Traditionally, a mixture of sugar and water is heated to the hard crack stage corresponding to a temperature of approximately 146 to 154 °C (295 to 309 °F), although some recipes also call for ingredients such as glucose and salt in the first step. [14]
It is a colorless liquid with a characteristic almond-like odor, and is commonly used in cherry-flavored sodas. [5] A component of bitter almond oil, benzaldehyde can be extracted from a number of other natural sources. [6] Synthetic benzaldehyde is the flavoring agent in imitation almond extract, which is used to flavor cakes and other baked ...
Almond butter is an alternative to peanut butter for those with peanut allergies or who dislike the taste of peanuts. Almond butter contains significantly more fiber , calcium, potassium, iron, and manganese than peanut butter, [ 1 ] and about half the saturated fat , [ 2 ] although a slightly higher total fat content.
Ipswich almond pudding is a recipe that appears in the 18th century cookbook The Art of Cookery by Hannah Glasse. It's a sort of bread pudding thickened with blanched almonds and baked in puff pastry. [2] Elizabeth Moxon also uses balanced almonds to thicken bread pudding, that can be made with butter, suet or marrow and baked in "little tins ...