Almonds with paprika Tapa

4 servings ingredients:

·         150 gr. of whole blanched almonds.

·         1 teaspoon of paprika.

·         Salt

·         Pomace in olive oil.

Directions:

There are three ways of cooking this recipe:

1     In a frying pan with little olive oil:

Pour olive oil into a frying pan covering the entire bottom of it.

Place over medium heat. When the pan is hot add the almonds.

Stir-fry, stirring frequently, until all sides start to get a light golden brown colour.

Add the paprika and the salt. Stir a few seconds and take out from the heat.

Serve cold in a bowl.

2     Deep fried in olive oil:

The instructions are really similar:
Pour into a frying pan enough olive oil so that it will later cover the almonds.

Place over medium heat. Once the oil is hot add the almonds.

Fry, stirring often, until all sides start to get a light golden brown colour.

Drain the excess oil, add the paprika, the salt and stir a few seconds more before taking out from the heat.
Serve cold in a bowl.

This method uses more olive oil but it is easier to get the almonds to a perfectly homogeneous colour. And, you can recycle the oil for other recipes or for dressing salad, it will give them a good almondy taste.

3     In the oven:

Preheat oven to 200ºC.
Spread de almonds on an oven tray and place it in the oven.
When the almond turn to a light golden brown colour remove from the oven, add paprika and salt and stir.
Serve cold in a bowl.