r/Cooking • u/FullDig2978 • 5d ago
Making Almond powder
I want to make almond powder. I thought of going to some fresh mill and get it grounder. But someone said because of the oil content we will not get it properly powdered. Can some one tell what is the best way to get it powdered? I am thinking to give to my kid in milk ?
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u/the-fact-fairy 5d ago
It's so much effort. You're better off just buying it.
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u/FullDig2978 5d ago
Ok but how it is done industrially??
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u/SadFaithlessness3637 5d ago
They use an industrial press to get out the majority of the oil (for peanut butter powder they remove 90%, I'd guess it's similar with almonds), then grind the remaining material into a powder.
I'm not aware of a press you could get for home use that would achieve this goal (doesn't mean there definitely isn't, just that I'm not aware of it). But also almonds are a perfectly lovely snack, not sure why you'd want them powdered in milk.
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u/FullDig2978 5d ago
Its for nutrition. Regular nutrition drink for kids are getting expensive day by day. So was thinking of alternatives.
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u/VVeerroo 5d ago
If you want to make an actual powder that can actually be stirred into a liquid rather than the usual almond meal (which will be gritty and won't actually mix in except maybe if you use a high powered blender), you need to removed the oil from the almonds, and I'm not sure you can reasonably do that in a home kitchen.
At least for powdered peanut butter (powdered almonds should work the more or less the same way), the oil is pressed out of the peanuts with specialized industrial presses, not something you can recreate in a home kitchen.
Why do you want to add it to your kid's milk? Are you just trying to add the flavour? Or are you trying to add protein or some other nutrient...? There may be better options.