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Christian · 03-09-2010, 12:57 AM

^^ depends on type of food processor.

Peanut oil is good to use when making peanut butter :P

bobby · 03-09-2010, 01:05 AM

I suspect heating is needed for oil extraction, or some fancy commercial machine.

confuzzl3don3 · 03-09-2010, 06:08 PM

Heating does help the oils come out more. That's why roasting the peanuts before chucking them in the microprocessor is better than just putting them in raw.

Minchia · 03-09-2010, 06:53 PM

Walnuts baby. Delicious. Expensive, though.

Iron Alliance · 03-09-2010, 07:12 PM

Not when they're on special! 750g for $4. I love walnuts.

Tried making walnut butter a while ago though, and a bit "over" roasted the nuts. Burnt flavouring isn't great for nut butter...or anything really. Consistancey/texture was spot on though!

Sticky · 03-09-2010, 07:22 PM

Do you lose macro's when roasting?

Iron Alliance · 05-09-2010, 04:58 PM

Depends how long you "roast" them for. All you need to do is pop 'em in a relatively high heat oven for like 5 minutes absolute tops. You're not wanting to make them crispy or really "roast" them in the traditional sense, you're really just heating them up so it causes them to release their oils.

First try I did it for 10 minutes as that was the "recommended". I threw out half of em due to burning.

Or if you like you can find almost ANY oil in specialty/health food stores. Walnut/almond/macadamia so for what ever nut butter you're making you can use the corresponding oil to help. Yet to find pecan oil though. I love Pecans.

confuzzl3don3 · 05-09-2010, 05:11 PM

^ as iron said don't roast them too long and keep a close eye on them unless you like eating charcoal.

As far as a change in macros, I've read that roasting them for too long can cause hydrogenation of the unsaturated fats which is a bad thing, but i believe it requires high temperatures for quite an extended period of time. If you keep it lightly roasted which is what we're after when using it to make nut butter since we just want some of those natural oils to ooze out, then it should be fine/similar in terms of macros.

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Iron Alliance Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Darwin, N.T Gender: Posts: 938	Not when they're on special! 750g for $4. I love walnuts. Tried making walnut butter a while ago though, and a bit "over" roasted the nuts. Burnt flavouring isn't great for nut butter...or anything really. Consistancey/texture was spot on though! __________________ SKWAT \|\|\|\|\|-ლ-(ಠ_ಠ)-ლ-\|\|\|\|\| MOAR

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05-09-2010, 04:58 PM	#17 (permalink)
Iron Alliance Elite Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Darwin, N.T Gender: Posts: 938	Depends how long you "roast" them for. All you need to do is pop 'em in a relatively high heat oven for like 5 minutes absolute tops. You're not wanting to make them crispy or really "roast" them in the traditional sense, you're really just heating them up so it causes them to release their oils. First try I did it for 10 minutes as that was the "recommended". I threw out half of em due to burning. Or if you like you can find almost ANY oil in specialty/health food stores. Walnut/almond/macadamia so for what ever nut butter you're making you can use the corresponding oil to help. Yet to find pecan oil though. I love Pecans. __________________ SKWAT \|\|\|\|\|-ლ-(ಠ_ಠ)-ლ-\|\|\|\|\| MOAR

03-09-2010, 01:05 AM	#12 (permalink)
bobby Rookie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: SA Gender: Posts: 38	I suspect heating is needed for oil extraction, or some fancy commercial machine.

03-09-2010, 06:08 PM	#13 (permalink)
confuzzl3don3 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Gender: Posts: 51	Heating does help the oils come out more. That's why roasting the peanuts before chucking them in the microprocessor is better than just putting them in raw.

03-09-2010, 06:53 PM	#14 (permalink)
Minchia Super Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Gender: Posts: 502	Walnuts baby. Delicious. Expensive, though.

05-09-2010, 05:11 PM	#18 (permalink)
confuzzl3don3 Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Gender: Posts: 51	^ as iron said don't roast them too long and keep a close eye on them unless you like eating charcoal. As far as a change in macros, I've read that roasting them for too long can cause hydrogenation of the unsaturated fats which is a bad thing, but i believe it requires high temperatures for quite an extended period of time. If you keep it lightly roasted which is what we're after when using it to make nut butter since we just want some of those natural oils to ooze out, then it should be fine/similar in terms of macros.