Dried hazelnuts (hazelnuts) – drying at home

Hazelnuts are harvested at the end of summer and until mid-autumn, when the nuts have not yet fallen and begun to deteriorate.

They spread a cloth under the hazel bush and begin to shake the branches until all the nuts are at the bottom.

You can, of course, collect nuts earlier, starting in mid-summer.

But in this case, they will not be stored for a long time and will have to be consumed within a month or two. The taste and beneficial substances are already there, but the structure of the nut itself has not yet reached the density that determines long-term storage.

Ripe hazelnuts are brown or yellow in color. Such nuts can already be preserved, but they must first be dried.

You can dry hazelnuts in their shells, or peel the kernels. Both options are good and the nuts store equally well.

In the shell, hazelnuts can be dried in the sun or in the oven. The oven should be preheated to +120 degrees, scatter the nuts on a baking sheet, and with the door ajar, warm them up for 5-6 hours.

Unfortunately, small pests also love nuts, and it happens that by mid-winter some of your nuts will be destroyed.Therefore, if there are not very many nuts, it is better to peel them and carry out severe heat treatment.

Peeled hazelnuts can be dried in an electric dryer. Set the temperature to +90 degrees and dry for 6-7 hours. The same option is suitable for shelled nuts, but in this case it is better to reduce the drying time to 1-2 hours.

Frying in a frying pan has proven itself well. Place the nuts in a dry, clean frying pan and fry them over maximum heat for 10-15 minutes, stirring constantly.

It is better to store peeled and dried nuts in glass jars. If, nevertheless, pests appear in them, you will immediately see it and will be able to take measures to save your nuts.

And if you want to know the differences between hazelnuts and hazel, watch the video: