Roasted and salted almonds

Almonds are a healthy snack as they contain "good" monounsaturated fat, vitamin E, and are low in sugar. They are simply roasted in this recipe intensifying their flavour, then lightly salted to serve.

roasted salted almond

• makes

  200 g

• prep

  5 minutes

• cook

  20 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

Ingredients

• 200 g brown skin almonds (in other words, Australian hardshells, not Californian papershells)
• 1 tbsp best quality olive oil (local of course!)
• fine salt

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180°C.

Lightly coat almonds with olive oil and spread on a roasting tray. Cook for approximately 20 minutes or until almonds are nicely roasted.

Salt while hot and leave on tray until cool. Enjoy!!

Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.