… Toasted Cashews

There are two main ways to toast nuts – dry frying in a frying pan such as for the Cauliflower Couscous recipe or grilling them under the grill in the oven.  Either way, you have to watch them extremely closely and move them around from time to time.  Nuts are very high in oil so can catch and burn very quickly.  They also continue to cook in a hot pan after you take it off the heat or out of the grill.

Pan frying

To pan fry nuts, such as for the toasted cashews in the Winter Coleslaw recipe, sprinkle the nuts in a single layer in a dry frying pan over a medium heat.  Move them around with a wooden spoon to make sure they all toast evenly. They should be toasted after about 2-3 minutes. As soon as they are done, tip them into a dish so that they don’t continue cooking in the hot pan.