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Sweet and spicy nuts

Name: Sweet and spicy nuts
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Makes 600g
Ingredients: 400g walnut halves; 200g blanched hazelnuts (see tip); 3-4 tbsp runny honey, English if you can find it; ½-1 tsp hot chilli powder or flakes; Sea salt flakes; You’ll also need; Large baking tray lined with compostable baking paper

By: Sophie Austen-Smith
Former deputy food editor, delicious.

Published: 7 Jan 21
Updated: 18 Mar 24

These homemade honey-roasted sweet and spicy nuts come with a kick of chilli. Serve them with warming winter cocktails or wrap as festive gifts.

Or, if you’re nuts about honey, try this recipe for honey and pine nut nougat – it’s also great as a gift (if you can stop yourself from eating it all…)

Easy
January 2021

Test kitchen approved

Makes 600g
Hands-on time 10 min, oven time 10-15 min

These homemade honey-roasted sweet and spicy nuts come with a kick of chilli. Serve them with warming winter cocktails or wrap as festive gifts.

Or, if you’re nuts about honey, try this recipe for honey and pine nut nougat – it’s also great as a gift (if you can stop yourself from eating it all…)

Nutrition: Per 28g serving

Calories: 182kcals
Fat: 16.7g fat (1.6g saturated)
Protein: 4.3g protein
Carbohydrates: 2.8g carbs (2.6g sugars)
Fibre: 1.4g fibre
Salt: 0.2g salt

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Ingredients

400g walnut halves
200g blanched hazelnuts (see tip)
3-4 tbsp runny honey, English if you can find it
½-1 tsp hot chilli powder or flakes
Sea salt flakes

You’ll also need

Large baking tray lined with compostable baking paper

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Method

Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6. Spread the nuts in a single layer over the prepared tray and roast in the hot oven for 5 minutes.
Remove from the oven, drizzle with honey, scatter over the chilli and season with sea salt flakes and black pepper. Toss to coat well, then return to the oven for 5-10 minutes until golden and roasted to your liking. Set aside to cool.
Once cool, wrap bags of the nuts as gifts, or store in an airtight container.

Recipe from January 2021 Issue

Nutrition

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 182kcals
Fat: 16.7g fat (1.6g saturated)
Protein: 4.3g protein
Carbohydrates: 2.8g carbs (2.6g sugars)
Fibre: 1.4g fibre
Salt: 0.2g salt

delicious. tips

We used nuts grown in the UK, but choose whatever type you fancy. If you’re making the nuts to give away, wrap in twists of compostable baking paper
tied with string.
Once roasted and cooled, the nuts will keep in an airtight container for up to a week.