There is always a need for nibbles at this time of the year
Everybody knows somebody who’s a snack fiend. Make their Christmas with a batch of these. Not that you’ll find them easy to give away…
Ingredients (serves 6-8)
100g cashew nuts
100g macadamia nuts
100g pecan nuts
60g whole almonds ideally with skins on
A handful of pumpkin seeds
A handful of sunflower seeds
3tbsp sunflower oil
2tbsp organic honey or maple syrup
1tsp fine sea salt
2 springs of rosemary optional
1-2 tsp ground black pepper
1-2 tsp cayenne pepper
Recipe
- Preheat the oven to 170C/325F/gas mark 3. Scatter all the ingredients apart from the pepper and cayenne in a roasting tray and mix until everything is coated well.
- Roast for 15minutes, stirring occasionally, until the nuts turn dark brown.
- Remove, stir in the pepper and cayenne, and taste. Add salt if you like. If you want to have a little play finish off with different types of flavoured salts e.g seaweed, smoked or truffle.
- Leave to cool in the tray, stirring from time to time. Once cool, transfer to an air-tight container.
