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sally_in_wales
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Location: sunny wales

Posted: Sat Sep 21, 13 5:08 pm Post subject: hazelnuts
Had a really good haul of hazelnuts this morning, all along a footpath where wind overnight had blown them down. Plenty of unripe ones still on the trees, but now seems about right to nab early ones before the squirrels get them all

Piggyphile

Joined: 02 Apr 2009
Posts: 891
Location: Galicia

Posted: Sat Sep 21, 13 9:07 pm Post subject:
I planted some supermarket hazel trees here 2 winters ago and we have our first nut, being carefully inspected for maximum ripeness. I shall pick it soon.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15981

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 13 7:18 am Post subject:
Make sure you keep squirrels, jays, dormice, and anything else that likes hazelnuts off it then. Good luck, and enjoy your slice.

Northern Boy

Joined: 04 Oct 2010
Posts: 976

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 13 2:44 pm Post subject:
I've never really got to grips with hazlenuts - what do you do with them, esp those hard green ones?

Nicky cigreen

Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9887
Location: Devon, uk

Posted: Sun Sep 22, 13 3:02 pm Post subject:
I only gather the ripe brown ones - usually off the floor - but if you can roll them out of their husk on the tree, they are ready Best thing we do with hazelnuts is roast them and then make chocolate nut cookies

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Sun Sep 22, 13 4:27 pm Post subject:
We make a nice pesto sauce out of them, shell and then roast in a frying pan for a few minutes, then chop up with garlic, basil and olive oil. They also go well in simple biscuits finely chopped. I hope to try some roasted in their shells this year and fancy trying frying a mackerel with a finely chopped hazelnut and fennel seed crust as I've got plenty of both at the moment.

sally_in_wales
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Posted: Sun Sep 22, 13 5:24 pm Post subject:
hazlenut brittle is good, I also grind them into meal and add them to griddle cake mixes

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