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fromEpicurious
8 years ago

31 Cashew Recipes That Go Beyond the Snack Bowl

Cashews serve as versatile ingredients: soaked and blended for creamy dairy-free sauces, toasted for crunchy toppings, and are botanically seeds rather than true nuts.
fromTasting Table
5 months ago

The Creamy Pantry Staple That Deliciously Tames Too Spicy Food - Tasting Table

Dairy may seem like the only ingredient capable of disarming aggressively hot food, but nut butters work in a similar way to achieve the same results. Capsaicin, the compound in pepper that provides that burning sensation, is fat-soluble, which is why reaching for milk instead of water works best. With nut butters being fatty as well, they work similarly against capsaicin. Nut butter weakens the oils in the compound, soothing the fiery flames into a gentle heat.
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