How to Make Almond Meal from Almond Pulp (2024)

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How to make almond flour from leftover almond pulp? ›

Making homemade almond meal is so easy! It requires just 1 ingredient, 1 blender, and 5 minutes. Simply add raw almonds (with skin on) to a blender and blitz until a fine, powdery flour is achieved.

What's leftover from the process of making almond milk is almond pulp. The almond pulp is then dried in the oven at a low temperature, left on the counter to cool overnight, and finally, processed into almond meal using a food processor or high-speed blender.

1 cup of blanched almonds are 5.2 ounces, which equals to 147 grams. 1 cup of almond flour made from 1 cup of blanched almonds is 4.2 ounces, which equals to 120 grams. In other words, you get 1 ¼ cups (approximately) of almond flour using 1 cup blanched almonds.

It's great for recipes like energy bites that call for nuts or nut meal, or adding to things like granola in place of some of the oats or nuts.

Preheat your oven to its lowest setting. My oven goes down to 150 °F, but if yours goes lower that's even better! Spread out your almond pulp on a baking tray to as thin as you can get it. Place the tray in the oven and let the pulp dehydrate for 4-8 hours.

Almond meal and flour are both made from ground almonds. However, almond meal is made from unpeeled almonds, while the flour is made from blanched ones. The main differences between the two are the grain size, as well as that almond skin is present in almond meal.

If you store leftover almond pulp in the fridge, it will last about five days. To store almond pulp in the fridge, make sure it's stored in a sealed container. Glass or another kind of airtight container will work.

Not only is it simple to make, but homemade almond flour tastes fresher and is usually more cost-effective than storebought.

Why is almond flour so expensive? There are two main reasons buying flour from almonds at the store is so expensive: 1) Because it's made entirely from almonds, it tracks closely to the price of almonds, and 2) Because of lower demand than wheat flour, almond nut flour is more expensive than other flour.

What is the ratio flour to almond meal? ›

Get your ratios right

Almond flour is a little more moist than wheat flour, and doesn't have quite the same binding qualities. You'll do best to substitute 1:1 to begin with, as many recipes respond well to this direct replacement. But be prepared to add more almond flour as you go to compensate for the wetter batter.

Simply add blanched almonds to a blender and blitz until a fine, powdery flour is achieved. You know you've gone too far if it starts turning to almond butter instead. Not only is it simple to make, but homemade almond flour tastes fresher and is usually more cost-effective than storebought.

Almond pulp has gone bad if it smells sour.

There are 2 ways you can make Almond Flour at home. One way is to start from scratch with whole almonds (with their skin intact). The other one is to make with store bought blanched almonds or silvered almonds. In the first method we blanch the whole almonds first, then dry them well to remove any traces of moisture.