Holiday Spiced Nuts

Name: Holiday Spiced Nuts
Ingredients: 2 cups walnut halves; 1 cup peeled hazelnuts; 1 cup whole unsalted cashews; 1 cup whole pecan halves; 3 tablespoons butter; 1 teaspoon ground anise; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon coarse black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg, eyeball it; 1 cup smoked almonds (recommended: Diamond Smokehouse almonds)

10 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

2 cups walnut halves
1 cup peeled hazelnuts
1 cup whole unsalted cashews
1 cup whole pecan halves
3 tablespoons butter
1 teaspoon ground anise
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon coarse black pepper
1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg, eyeball it
1 cup smoked almonds (recommended: Diamond Smokehouse almonds)

Directions

1

Heat a large skillet and cook nuts over moderate heat 7 to 8 minutes until golden and well toasted your nose will know when they are done.
2

Transfer nuts to a plate and return pan to stove top.
3

Add butter to the pan in small pieces.
4

Melt butter and spice it with anise, cinnamon, pepper and nutmeg.
5

Let butter infuse a minute then pour over nuts.
6

Turn off heat.
7

Add smoked nuts to the skillet and turn to combine evenly with butter.