Nuts are very delicate fruits that can quickly perish and lose their benefits. This is the reason why they are more often found in their dried form. Crunchy and easy to eat, these can be a great snack to take at home, before starting your workout or even at the office. They can easily be paired with a strong cheese like Roquefort or with something milder, like goat cheese.
Nuts also lend themselves to many easy-to-make everyday recipes, like quiches and omelettes. They add a very special taste in sauces, salads, and pastries. Of course, their high protein and fat content also make them excellent energy food you can consume without moderation.
Why Eat Nuts?
In addition to their antioxidant properties, nuts are rich in dietary fibre and promote intestinal transit by stimulating the digestive tract. For this reason, it is recommended to consume it in case of constipation. They are especially more effective when fresh.
In addition, these fruits contain many neuroprotectors, such as omega-3 fatty acids and melatonin, as well as vitamins B9 and E. This is why they help improve cognitive functions.
Consuming nuts regularly, therefore, increases memory and concentration, but also understanding and reasoning.
In addition, if these fruits can be scary because of their high caloric intake, they are still very compatible with a slimming diet. Rich in unsaturated fats increase the feeling of satiety, which means that we eat less during meals.
Finally, due to their high content of polyphenols and other antioxidants, nuts also help fight against free radicals that accelerate the aging process.
The Limits of Nuts.
Be careful, however, not to exceed certain daily quantities. Beyond 30g to 50g per day, the lipids contained in the nuts, even if they are good lipids, would have harmful effects.
Nuts are often blamed for causing weight gain. This is indeed the case when they are added to another source of lipids. If nuts are eaten as a replacement for another source of fat, Canadian studies have shown that nuts cause less weight gain.
Nuts are often causes of allergy. Often associated with peanut allergy, tree nut allergy can cause serious reactions, including anaphylactic shock. People with peanut allergies are, therefore, often advised not to eat nuts.
People susceptible to kidney stones should also watch their nut intake. Indeed, one of the substances found in walnuts would be responsible for urinary lithiasis.
Nuts and other dried fruits are also known to promote canker sores. So be careful if you consume large amounts daily.
Finally, nuts are to be eaten plain! So you can forget other snack stars. Also, forget the roasted and salted peanuts and almonds as an appetizer. These nuts are not great for your health.
Recipe Ideas with Hazelnut
Chocolate-Hazelnut Marble
For: 8 people
Preparation: 15 min
Rest: 5 min
Cook: 30 min
A very light marble.
Ingredients
- Three eggs
- 100 g butter
- 5 cl of milk
- 200g flour
- 100g caster sugar
- 75g hazelnut powder
- One tablespoon of cocoa powder
- One packet of baking powder
- One sachet of vanilla sugar
- One pinch of salt
Preparation
- Beat the butter with the sugar in the bowl of your food processor until the mixture foams and whitens.
- Separate the egg yolks from the whites. Incorporate the egg yolks into the butter/sugar mixture, then pour in the milk little by little without ceasing to stir. Mix the flour and baking powder and add them to the mixture.
- Divide the batter into two bowls. Pour the vanilla sugar and hazelnut powder into the first and incorporate the cocoa into the second.
- Beat the egg whites very stiff with a pinch of salt. Distribute them in the bowls using a spatula to coat the dough well and not break them.
- Preheat the oven to 210°C. Butter and flour in a cake tin. Pour a layer of hazelnut paste, then a layer of chocolate paste. Bake the cake for 10 minutes, then bring the temperature back to 180°C (th.6) and continue for 20 minutes.
- Unmold the marble and let it cool on a wire rack.
The Creusois
Preparation: 15 mins
Cooking: 40 mins
A cake that is easy to make and delicious to eat.
Ingredients
- 125g flour
- 200g sugar
- 100 g walnuts – or hazelnuts or chocolate chips
- 125g butter
- Five egg whites
- butter for the mould
Preparation
- Mix the flour, sugar and walnuts in a bowl.
- Add the melted butter and delicately the stiff egg whites.
- Butter a cake tin and pour the batter into it.
- Bake at 100°C for 40 minutes.
Apple, Hazelnut and Caramel Cake
For: 8 people
Preparation: 20 mins
Cooking: 40 mins
A light and not too sweet cake base. Caramel and hazelnuts for indulgence. A little treat for a snack or dessert!
Ingredients
- Three apples
- 25 shelled hazelnuts
- Two eggs
- 60g of sugar
- 120g flour
- 60 g butter – + 20 g for the caramel
- 2 tbsp of milk
- Ten sugar cubes
- 1 tbsp of water
- 2 tbsp liquid cream
Preparation
- Shell and roughly chop your hazelnuts.
- Peel and cut your apples into cubes.
- Beat the eggs with the sugar. Add sifted flour and baking powder.
- Then add the melted butter (60 g) and the milk. Mix and add the apple pieces.
- Now prepare your caramel: heat your sugar cubes in a saucepan with one tablespoon of water. As soon as the caramel has formed, add the butter (20 g) and the liquid cream and stir briskly.
- Pour this caramel into a mould, sprinkle it with mixed hazelnuts and spread the dough on top.
- Bake for about 40 minutes in a preheated oven at 180°C.
- Unmold your cake and serve the portions so that the crunchy, i.e. caramel and hazelnuts, are on top.
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