Here at Smith Towers, we’ve been eating macadamia nuts since we stepped off the plane from Scotland.
Macadamias are so delicious: raw, roasted, plain or salted, we love them.
We used to buy macadamia nut butter from a wee health shop, always delicious but expensive too. It is definitely cheaper to make macadamia nut butter in the Thermomix at home.
As a side note, let’s not give ourselves any grief about nuts being expensive. We don’t buy much meat in this house and are happy to spend on nuts, but anyway they aren’t so expensive when you work on dollars for nutritional value.
A 30g serve of nuts will give you heaps of beneficial nutrition for the day, not so expensive after all.
Anway, here’s the recipe card for this simple recipe.
Macadamia Nut Butter; Thermomix Recipe
This super-nutritious treat will oil your brain!
Ingredients
- 3 cups of macadamia (about 450g)
Instructions
- Pour macadamia nuts into Thermomix bowl.
- Blend for 20 seconds at speed 6.
- Scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Repeat until you have smooth and creamy macadamia nut butter.
- Add a little salt to taste if you like.
Notes
Use roast macadamia nuts for a slightly different, more intense flavour.
NB If you used salted macadamia nuts then do not add more salt!
Making macadamia nut butter really is too easy in the Thermomix. Here are some photos of the process.
It took a couple of whizzes to make smoothy, creamy and nicely runny macadamia nut butter.
Macadamia Nut Facts
- Macadamia trees are native to the north east coast of Australia, and that is still where they grow best.
- Macadamias have fibre, B vitamins, good oils, manganese and antioxidants. Also great taste!
- The macadamia is the only native Australian plant which has been developed and explored as a commercial food product.
- The name macadamia was given to the tree in honour on John Macadam, a Scottish-born chemist and teacher wjo moved to Australia and became a politician and was the honorary secretary of the Burke and Wills expedition.
- The macadamia’s shell is five times harder than a hazelnut shell.
- Macadamias have a high healthy fat content. I can practically feel my brain run better after I eat them.
We all need to oil our brains with the good oils and this is a yummy way to do so.
So, we’ve scoffed some of the nut butter on caramel rice cakes.
I have used it in my Super Healthy Chocolate cake recipe too!
And I eat it by the spoonful too, if I’m honest.
Excuse me whilst I just pop off to oil my brain again.
Hope yours is running well today.
Take it easy,
Find all the family food recipes on this website here.
The Macadamias Australia website had heaps more yummy recipes.
I love macadamias. Such a delicious nut. I only wish I had a thermomix!
They are bloomin good, but I am sure that any blender large or small could handle macadamia nuts.
I used to say to myself: “One day my Thermomix will come.” And then one day it did!
I love them too and they make it into my salads too. Or you could try my chicken and macademia nut balls with Asian Dipping Sauce. They are sublime. It’s in the Avalon Food Cook Book or on the blog here http://www.desireempire.com/2012/06/spicy-chicken-balls-with-asian-dipping.html Hope you don’t mind me adding it.
Carolyn
Ah, those chicken balls sound fantastic – over I go to check them out. No problems linking, delighted.
Thanks so much for organising today, it worked really well. Great spot, next time will get a grip and take photos!!
Ps the grammar and syntax of the above comment is woeful. Sorry and you a writer too. That will teach me not to edit, but I am in a delirious hurry this morning to make our date.
Carolyn
Yum! I’m going to have a go at some nut butters too but not macadamia, trying to stick to nuts that are closer to home!
I like almond butter on my porridge or in a shake and agree about cost versus benefits. X
Yum for the almonds. I must try that, would you need to add honey?? Macadamias are very oily so don’t need any.
I’ve been reading about how nuts need to be kept cold, especially macadamias and I definitely in the past have had soft ones. All my nuts are now in the fridge.
Fancy making your own macadamia nut butter! Wow. That’s impressive.
LOL – author … will work for food. I hear ya!
Leanne @ Deep Fried Fruit
That almost seems too easy Seana. I’m going to give this a go next week!
I’ve bought this at the markets before. It is yummo!
Yum. It isn’t pretty but it still looks so good. I might try this. I’ve recently become ridiculously health conscious (it is only ridiculous in that for the first 36 years of my life I could not have been less so) and want to make my own almond butter, almond milk. And now this too. I must give it a try. My husband LOVES macadamias.
Macadamia nuts are my all time favourite. Im going to try this on the weekend!
They’re not my favourite nut to be honest. Perhaps I should try making the butter, maybe you’ll convert me! x
I adore macadamia nuts and I have a thermomix – yet I had not thought of doing that yet!! Great idea thanks.
FYBF 🙂
Yum! I love macadamia nuts! In fact, I love all types of nuts!
Oh yum, I love macadamia nuts and you’ve just shown me another reason why I want a thermomix!!
x
I LOVE macadamia nuts! Alas, with K-Bear’s nut allergies we can’t have any in the house. Hopefully his 3 year skin prick allergy test will hopefully tell us that he’s growing out of it.