How to Make Fried Almonds at Home

Fried Almonds

Anyone who has been on one of our market tours will have tried this local delicacy. It’s hard to describe just how moreish your average almond can become, when fried in olive oil and dashed with crunchy salt. If you can’t get to Malaga right now to join us on a fabulous food tour, you can make your own ‘almendras fritas’ at home.

This step by step recipe and beautiful photos have been adapted from Ana Maria of  cocinandoentreolivos.com with her kind permission.

Ingredients

Almonds
Good extra virgin olive oil (Ana uses picual from Jaen)
Coarse salt

Method

Heat your extra virgin olive oil in a medium sized pan on a medium heat. As the oil starts to warm, add your olives. You don’t want the oil to get too hot. Keep them moving continuously with a slotted spoon until they turn a nice golden brown colour.

When they are golden brown, remove them from the pan, on to a plate covered with a couple of layers of kitchen paper. Add a few good pinches of coarse salt and shake the paper to evently distribute the salt all over the almonds.

They’ll last a few days stored in an airtight, glass container – that’s if nobody gets their hands on them! Once you pop, you can’t stop! Everybody loves these salty snacks.