For The Love Of Port

A tipycal munchies in the Douro is to grill some almonds and eat them with a glass of white port. A simple but tasty recipe is to grill them with Douro Olive oil and salt flower until they become mild brown. Let them cool on a sponge paper to absorb the excess of oil. Then put them back in the container and add some more flower salt until it fits your taste. The final touch is to add a small quantity of white truffle flavoured oil to add that magic taste of this ingredient.

Enjoy with a glass of white/tawny port or with some savoury white wine too. Don't put too much truffle falvour as it can overpowered many wine, but just enough to scent it all over the place as it is the most powerful aromatic ingredient you can probably find!

I did some today for my teamworkers and they just crave it. Simple recipe with right ingredients

I absolutly love those almonds when I am in the Douro. I can get some simmilar ones here, but they are never the same.

Andy Velebil wrote:I absolutly love those almonds when I am in the Douro. I can get some simmilar ones here, but they are never the same.

Of course the view is not the same But if you make them they can be just as good. A team worker is Portuguese and he said "Lets see if they are as good as those my Grand-ma makes" and he replied "Wow, not bad! Impressive Fred". The truffle flavoured oil really makes a huge difference! I'll bring some this year in Portugal.

Frederick Blais wrote: I'll bring some this year in Portugal.

So does this mean your coming along on the Harvest Trip this year?

No... I'll be there for the first 2 weeks of September again. Ticket are not yet bought, but this is what I plan. My liver would not survive a Harvest tour :)

Bummer, I was hoping to finally meet in person. One of these days we will be able to meet in person.