Post #478394 by The Gnomon on Thu, Aug 20, 2009 1:04 PM

On 2009-08-20 12:00, quickiki wrote:
I'm sure kick the reverb doesn't want to see this, and this may have been posted elsewhere on this forum, but here's a really basic recipe for orgeat that doesn't sound too conplicated:

http://www.artofdrink.com/2006/02/orgeat-syrup.php

Anyone try this??

Yes, sort of.

That is the more or less standard orgeat recipe. The most tedious part is making the almond milk. Here is something I posted a while back on making almond milk.

The method I posted uses pre-blanched, slivered almonds, but you really get much better milk if you blanch your own nuts. Ouch! 8)

Oh. I forgot to mention...

The OP stated at the outset that this thread was intended to determine which ready-made orgeats were worth acquiring. There has been plenty of discussion among purists on TC in other threads who extol the virtues of making it from scratch, myself included.

[ Edited by: The Gnomon 2009-08-21 06:27 ]