Almond meal

Almond meal

Almond meal or almond flour is made from ground sweet almonds. Almond flour is usually made with blanched almonds (no skin), whereas almond meal can be made both with whole or blanched almonds. The consistency is more like corn meal than wheat flour.

It is used in pastry and confectionery – in the manufacture of almond macaroons and other sweet pastries, in cake and pie filling, and is one of the two main ingriedients of marzipan and almond paste. In France almond meal is called frangipane and is an important ingredient in the traditional Galette des Rois cake.

Almond meal has recently become important in baking items for those on low carbohydrate diets. It adds moistness and a rich nutty taste to baked goods. Items baked with almond meal tend to be calorie dense.

Almond meal has a low heat conductivity.

References

[http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/products/p/almondmeal.htm Almond Flour or Meal: How to Use it and Where to Get It]


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