Bar Nuts

Name: Bar Nuts
Ingredients: 2½ cups (18 ounces) assorted unsalted nuts, including peeled peanuts, cashews, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts , walnuts, pecans and whole unpeeled almonds; 2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh rosemary; ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper; 2 teaspoons dark brown sugar; 2 teaspoons Maldon or other sea salt; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter , melted

Chef

Nigella Lawson

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Cookbook

Nigella Bites

Published by Hyperion

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This image courtesy of Joseph DeLeo

More picking food, and ludicrously easy to make. You might think that nuts, untampered with, are perfect picking food as they are, and up to a point you’d be right. But try these, modestly adapted from the recipe for the spiced nuts served at the Union Square Café in New York, and you’ll truly know what perfection is.

Cooking Methodbaking

CostInexpensive

Easy

Total Timeunder 30 minutes

OccasionBuffet, Cocktail Party, game day

Recipe Coursehors d'oeuvre, tapas/small plates

Mealsnack

Taste and Texturecrunchy, hot & spicy, nutty, rich, salty

Ingredients

2½ cups (18 ounces) assorted unsalted nuts, including peeled peanuts, cashews, Brazil nuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, pecans and whole unpeeled almonds
2 tablespoons coarsely chopped fresh rosemary
½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
2 teaspoons dark brown sugar
2 teaspoons Maldon or other sea salt
1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F.
Toss the nuts in a large bowl to combine and spread them out on a baking sheet. Toast in the oven till they become light golden brown, about 10 minutes.
In a large bowl, combine the rosemary, cayenne, sugar, salt and melted butter.
Thoroughly toss the toasted nuts in the spiced butter and serve warm. And once you eat these, you will never want to stop.