Making hazelnut flour with just blanched/peeled hazelnuts

I've just peeled 3lbs of hazelnuts by blanching them with baking soda. Here's a GREAT video showing what I did: Hazelnut Peeling (close the ad if you watch the video). My plan is to let them dry for a couple of days on a rack, toast them and then freeze them. That's fine except that I want 25g (approximately 1oz) of hazelnut flour tomorrow for a genoise type cake I'm giving as a gift in about 48 hours. I'm afraid to toast the hazelnuts while they're still damp from blanching (or would that be OK?) Obviously they need to be completely dry before I grind them. I'm not even sure if I should toast them before grinding them into flour. Should I?

It's a little nuts (so to speak), but I only need a handful of dry nuts right away - What about tying them up in some cheesecloth and tossing them in the dryer with a few dry towels? Would that work? Of course that still leaves me with the other question, should I toast them before grinding into flour?

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Best Answer

I'm too late for you, but in this situation you could easily dry them a bit in a low-temp oven before turning the heat up to properly toast them.

Toasting will have some impact on the texture of the nuts, but far more importantly it will deepen the flavor. Toast or don't, depending on how much you want the hazelnut flavor to show up in your finished product.

Whenever grinding nuts, be sure they have cooled completely first. Warm nuts release their oils more readily and you risk getting hazelnut butter instead of flour.

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How do you make hazelnut flour?

Easy Hazelnut Flour RecipeAdd hazelnuts and sugar to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse nuts and sugar until finely ground. Store the flour in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 month, or freeze for up to 2 months.

Can you make flour out of hazelnuts?

So, a better way to remove the skins from hazelnuts is by blanching hazelnuts. I found this method in Rose Levy Beranbaum's The Baking Bible. Simply boil the nuts with baking soda and the skins will peel right off.

Blanched Hazelnuts | Easiest Way to Remove Hazelnut Skins

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