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I have always been curious about the stage where they start to release their oil and turn into butter rather than crushed up nuts. Was it a very gradual process? Or did that bit happen quickly?
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yeah it sort of just turns within the space of about 10 seconds, from obvious grains to something more liquid and homogenous. That said, this smooth part, before the chunks were added back in, was not totally smooth, a little bit grainy still, but definitely in the right backet of 'paste' texture. I didn't keep going because it was getting a bit warm from all the processing and I didn't want to cook the oil, which I think might have been what happened in my last batch, it takes on a different small and taste once it warms up too much. I mixed in the chunks and that made it a bit thick so added a couple of tablespoons of walnut oil just to loosen it a touch.
Polygon
Roasted for about 15 mins, then blended in the Kenwood Chef. The chunk-making stage need a bit of refinement, I used the slicing attachment which kinda of worked, then blended the rest for ages with the blade.