Green

Green Almonds

I've never had the chance to try green almonds before so when I found these in the SuperU grabbed them quickly even though they were 4 euro a kilo and I wasn't sure what to do with them.

But it's easy enough, fight your way carefully past the furry green shell and split the case and the fresh white almond is revealed. It was hard not to eat them as they were extracted, perfect food for passing time with and every delicious morsel all the nicer for the effort expended in obtaining it.

Still, a cook's mind is always looking for ways to use new ingredients. This simple salad of freshly shelled and peeled green almonds, some slivered, some left whole and mixed with the tiniest new green beans under a light dressing of a lemon vinaigrette seemed to capture the moment perfectly.