AD | Can Ben and Baz win over Jamie and Mike when it comes to loving walnuts?!
Following a whirlwind trip to California, where families grow walnuts that are eaten around the globe, they’re armed with hard facts, strong opinions and delicious dishes to try and convince the other two!
To learn more about why they say Californian Walnuts are some of the best in the world, head here: https://walnuts.org/
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42 Comments
walnuts are honestly my number one nut (lmao, sorry) thank you for the inspirational recipes <3
Where can we find the recipes like the dip and the eggplant roll?
i kept waiting for black walnut icecream, because my gramma used to make it when we were kids, mmm so much better than the stuff from stores
We have wild black walnuts here in Michigan and across a lot of the east side of the US. Harder to get out of the "fruit" but good stuff!
Try Kashke Badejan – found in all good Iranian/Persian restaurants served with freshly baked persian naan. Gorgeous mix of walnuts, baked aubergeine and garlic.
I usual;y like my food without flies dancing around on it 5:53
Love these ingredient appreciation videos
And now I need to make a walnut and mushroom lasagna.
13:50 this is awesome! I like making a meatless, mushroom and spinach based lasagna every other month or so and have been wanting to ask for any tips to give me a more interesting texture experience. This just might be the trick I’ve been looking for!
we had a tree in our yard when I was growing up, dad would harvest about half of them while still green, and pickle them, the rest were left for us kids to eat once ripe. I love walnuts, my favorite nut
Personally, I've never understood walnuts in salad, it's pretty much my least favorite way to have walnuts. As great for spreads/dips as you might expect from something we call a "nut," and their relatively mild flavor makes them amazing for encrusted meat like fish fillets or small steaks.
wtf was that VFX for the first dish 😂😂
Will there be a recipe for the mushroom and walnut lasagne? I have looked on sidekick for it and it’s not there! I need to try it! 😭😍
Is there a recipe for the mushroom and walnut lasagne? That looks delicious!
That lasagna looks and sounds absolutely horrific. I hate hummus so the first one is a no go for me. The "salad" rolls looked "meh." The dessert at the end is the only saving grace except you said walnuts go into banana bread. Pecans go in banana bread, not walnuts. That's if you want good banana bread. But that hideous looking lasagna shows you have no taste buds and don't know good food from bad.
Interesting fact about trees in general, the roots can extend as much as twice the height of the tree away from the trunk, though typically they go less than 24 inches below the surface.
I do not like cooked walnuts in cakes and halves on biscuits…. but the dip in the beginning looked really fascinating. same with the lasagna.
You don't need to travel allllll the way to California for walnut lore. Europe loves walnuts, especially the slavic countries. Here in Czech most birthday cakes are traditionaly based on a walnut sponge. Our Christmas cookies are 70% walnut based. And we love to put the sugary walnut paste into pastry almost as often as poppy seed mixture. Come to Prague, forget about trdelník which is no way traditional and buy a walnut "koláč" or poppy seed "buchta" in any store. You'll be delighted!
Walnut shells are used in industrial component cleaning too.
I don't care for eggplant, but I really like aubergine.
Shame that walnut trees basically allow nearly nothing to grow underneath them. So soso for biodiversity and environmental friendliness. Great nut/seed tho and wonderful wood(for furniture etc)
Is Ben gay ???
i love walnuts :] – they go great in banana bread!
I'm going to need to hear Mike's top ten nuts list. Maybe a short for the channel…?
Such a smart time of year to show walnuts now – right before American Thanksgiving
#ad …
do ben not make cooking video anymore ?
Intereseting fact. One way to se if vikings have been somewre is to look for walnutshells, cause they grow walnuts in scandinavia and the viking used to bring them on their trips worldwide
On our holiday I mean business trip….. HMRC enters the chat
you missed the walnut liqueur! Walnuts are also hugely popular in Central Europe and having great growing conditions
Happy you made it out for our nuts. Did you get to try California Bay Laurel nuts?
I just started watching your channel and as a Syrian I can't beleive you had Muhammara right there on the table! it one of my faviorate things in the world. next time try it with freshly backed pita bread 🙂
How much water is required to grow the walnuts?
We have walnut trees here in Switzerland too and there is one near where I grew up and we used to run to pick them from the ground before anyone else did. One of my favorite nuts both raw as well as in dishes (love muhamarra, pesto with walnuts is great too!). Happy you highlighted walnuts 🙂
Afghans have an amazing walnut dip that’s essentially blended walnuts, garlic and vinegar and a little salt. Optional parsley or coriander. It is amazing as a topper or a salad dressing. I love it on top of some white fish or just using some Afghan naan to dip in it!
Hearing the old Sorted theme song kick in at 14:00 made me way nostalgic. Blast from the past!
One note about the origin of Walnuts. There are actually multiple species in the Juglans genus all of which produce edible walnuts. Most of the ones you find in stores come from Juglans Regia or the Persian Walnut/English walnut but other species are also cultivated. Some like the Eastern Black Walnut (which is native to North America east of the mississippi) actually thrive in colder weather. I had 2 such black walnut trees in my yard growing up and we would gather and dry the nuts each year. Very slightly different from the Persian walnut but ultimately just as good. Plus getting like 20lbs of free walnuts each year is a pretty nice perk.
Would love to see more Caucasus/ central Asian cuisine on here! Georgia was the first thing that came to mind when you said walnuts, so glad you included dishes 😄
I go nuts about these recipes!
Love it
Does anyone with Sidekick have the lasagna recipe?
Can someone post or find that walnut lasagna recipe?