Ingredient

Almonds recipes

Flaked, ground and whole. 213 recipes on the site call for almonds.

Almonds is in 213 recipes from 34 cuisines, among them 55 desserts, 54 bakes, 36 dinners and 25 holiday dishes. The cuisines that use it most here are American (47), French (26), British (20) and Indian (18). Of these, 36 are ready in 30 minutes or less, start to finish; the quickest are Affogato (5 min), Chocolate Mug Cake (5 min) and Lemon Arugula Salad with Parmesan (5 min). For 115, the method times a wait such as rising, chilling or marinating, and the time at the top of the recipe includes it. By difficulty: 111 easy, 77 medium and 25 hard.

As written, 168 are vegetarian, 16 vegan, 85 gluten-free and 39 dairy-free. Another 15 meet a diet label only with a swap the recipe names, and the recipe says which.

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Almonds recipes — all 213 recipes

French Macarons
FrenchFeatured
Prep
60m
Cook
14m
Serves
24
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Desserts

French Macarons

The Parisian macaron, with smooth domed shells, ruffled feet and a chewy centre. This uses the more forgiving French…

25.5–26.5 hr+ · Hard
Maple Pecan Granola
International
Prep
10m
Cook
35m
Serves
12
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Breakfast

Maple Pecan Granola

Oats, nuts and seeds baked slowly in maple and oil until golden, then left completely undisturbed to cool so it sets…

2.5 hr · Easy
Açaí Bowl
International
Prep
10m
Cook
0m
Serves
2
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Breakfast

Açaí Bowl

Frozen açaí pulp blended thick enough to eat with a spoon, topped with granola, banana and honey. Brazilian in…

10 min · Easy
Danish Pastries
Danish
Prep
120m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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Baking

Danish Pastries

Laminated yeast dough folded around cold butter three times, shaped into spandauer and cooked until the layers…

6 hr · Hard
Lemon Herb Quinoa Salad
International
Prep
15m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Healthy

Lemon Herb Quinoa Salad

Quinoa cooked until the germs uncoil, cooled, and tossed with herbs, cucumber, tomato and a sharp lemon dressing…

30 min · Easy
Almond Biscotti
Italian
Prep
20m
Cook
45m
Serves
24
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Baking

Almond Biscotti

Twice-baked almond biscuits, hard enough to dunk and dry enough to keep for a month. The second bake is what makes…

85 min+ · Easy
Affogato
International
Prep
5m
Cook
0m
Serves
2
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Desserts

Affogato

A scoop of cold vanilla gelato with a shot of hot espresso poured over it at the table. Nothing else, and nothing to…

5 min · Easy
Chia Pudding
International
Prep
8m
Cook
0m
Serves
2
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Healthy

Chia Pudding

Chia seeds left in milk overnight until they swell into a set, tapioca-like pudding. Two ingredients, five minutes…

4.5 hr · Easy
English Trifle
British
Prep
40m
Cook
15m
Serves
10
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Desserts

English Trifle

Sponge soaked in sherry, a layer of fruit, proper custard set over the top and a thick raft of whipped cream. Built…

7.5 hr · Easy
Rice Kheer
Indian
Prep
10m
Cook
45m
Serves
6
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Desserts

Rice Kheer

Rice slowly simmered in milk until it thickens and takes on a faint caramel colour, scented with cardamom and…

75 min · Easy
Bakewell Tart
British
Prep
30m
Cook
65m
Serves
8
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Baking

Bakewell Tart

Shortcrust filled with raspberry jam and frangipane, baked until the almond filling is set and golden, and finished…

3 hr+ · Medium
Berry Smoothie Bowl
International
Prep
10m
Cook
0m
Serves
2
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Breakfast

Berry Smoothie Bowl

Frozen berries and banana blended with almost no liquid into something thick enough to eat with a spoon, then…

10 min · Easy
Torta Caprese
Italian
Prep
20m
Cook
40m
Serves
10
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Desserts

Torta Caprese

A flourless chocolate and almond cake from Capri with a crisp top and a dense, fudgy middle. Naturally gluten-free…

60 min+ · Medium
Maqluba
Middle Eastern
Prep
30m
Cook
75m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Maqluba

Rice, meat and fried vegetables layered in a pot and flipped out whole at the table so it stands as a cake. The name…

2.5–3 hr · Medium
Basbousa
Middle Eastern
Prep
15m
Cook
40m
Serves
12
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Desserts

Basbousa

A semolina cake soaked in syrup and cut into diamonds with an almond pressed into each. Found from Egypt to Turkey…

4.5 hr · Easy
Lamb Mandi
Middle Eastern
Prep
30m
Cook
180m
Serves
8
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Holiday Specials

Lamb Mandi

Yemeni lamb steamed over spiced rice until it falls off the bone, then finished with a piece of burning charcoal…

8 hr · Medium
Bobotie
South African
Prep
25m
Cook
65m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Bobotie

Curried minced beef with dried fruit under a set savoury custard, baked with bay leaves standing in the top. South…

2 hr · Easy
Israeli Couscous Salad
Israeli
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
4
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Side dish

Israeli Couscous Salad

Toasted pearl couscous with roast vegetables, herbs, lemon and a handful of toasted almonds. Good hot, better at…

40 min+ · Easy
Gâteau Basque
French
Prep
35m
Cook
45m
Serves
10
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Desserts

Gâteau Basque

A thick shortcrust shell around a layer of vanilla pastry cream or black cherry jam, scored across the top before…

4 hr+ · Medium
Mole Poblano
Mexican
Prep
45m
Cook
120m
Serves
8
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Holiday Specials

Mole Poblano

Puebla's legendary sauce: more than twenty ingredients — chillies, nuts, seeds, spices, dried fruit and chocolate —…

3.5 hr · Hard
Baked Cinnamon Apples
British
Prep
10m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Desserts

Baked Cinnamon Apples

Apples baked slowly with cinnamon and a splash of orange juice until they collapse into their own syrup. The only…

45 min · Easy
Vánočka
Czech
Prep
40m
Cook
40m
Serves
12
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Holiday Specials

Vánočka

A nine-strand braided Christmas bread from Bohemia, enriched with butter and egg yolk and studded with rum-soaked…

4.5 hr+ · Hard
Christstollen
German
Prep
40m
Cook
55m
Serves
12
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Holiday Specials

Christstollen

Dresden Christstollen: a dense fruit bread heavy with rum-soaked fruit and marzipan, buttered and sugared while hot…

14.5 days+ · Hard
Apple Crisp
American
Prep
25m
Cook
50m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Apple Crisp

Sharp apples under a topping of oats, brown sugar and cold butter that bakes to gravel rather than paste. No pastry…

95 min · Easy
Christmas Pudding
British
Prep
40m
Cook
360m
Serves
12
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Holiday Specials

Christmas Pudding

Steamed for six hours, then left to mature for as long as you have. The long steam is what turns a bowl of dried…

14.5 hr · Medium
Galette des Rois
French
Prep
40m
Cook
40m
Serves
8
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Holiday Specials

Galette des Rois

Two discs of puff pastry around a frangipane, scored in a sunburst and glazed to a mirror. There is a bean hidden…

3 hr · Medium
Panforte di Siena
Italian
Prep
25m
Cook
35m
Serves
16
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Holiday Specials

Panforte di Siena

A flat, dense Sienese slab of nuts, dried fruit and spice held together by nothing but boiled honey and sugar…

60 min+ · Easy
Glögg
Swedish
Prep
15m
Cook
25m
Serves
8
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Drinks

Glögg

Swedish mulled wine, served with raisins and blanched almonds in the bottom of the glass and a spoon to eat them…

70 min · Easy
Roasted Cauliflower Steaks
American
Prep
15m
Cook
35m
Serves
4
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Healthy

Roasted Cauliflower Steaks

Thick slabs cut through the core so they hold together, roasted hard until the cut faces caramelise, then dressed…

50 min · Easy
Sayadieh
Lebanese
Prep
30m
Cook
55m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Sayadieh

Fish poached, set aside, and its stock used to cook rice under a mountain of onions taken almost to black. Tripoli…

85 min · Medium
AI-generated illustration of Riz a Djaj
Lebanese
Prep
25m
Cook
70m
Serves
8
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Dinner

Riz a Djaj

Chicken poached with whole spices, its broth used for the rice, the meat pulled and piled back on top with toasted…

95 min · Medium
Freekeh with Chicken
Lebanese
Prep
25m
Cook
60m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Freekeh with Chicken

Green wheat, harvested young and roasted over fire, cooked like a pilaf under poached chicken. It tastes of smoke…

85 min · Medium
Meghli
Lebanese
Prep
15m
Cook
45m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Meghli

A dark spiced rice pudding made to celebrate a birth, soaked in caraway, anise and cinnamon and buried under soaked…

9 hr+ · Easy
Om Ali
Egyptian
Prep
15m
Cook
30m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Om Ali

Torn pastry baked in sweetened milk with nuts and coconut until the top blisters and the bottom turns to custard…

45 min+ · Easy
Mhalbiya
Tunisian
Prep
10m
Cook
15m
Serves
6
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Desserts

Mhalbiya

Rice-flour pudding scented with geranium water rather than rose, which is the Tunisian signature. Set in glasses and…

3.5 hr+ · Easy
AI-generated illustration of Marqa Hlouwa
Tunisian
Prep
25m
Cook
105m
Serves
6
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Dinner

Marqa Hlouwa

Lamb stewed with quince, prunes and cinnamon into something sweet against the harissa. Made for Eid, and the…

2–2.5 hr · Easy
AI-generated illustration of Samsa
Tunisian
Prep
35m
Cook
25m
Serves
10
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Desserts

Samsa

Triangles of pastry filled with ground almonds and sesame, fried and soaked in a lemon syrup. Not the Central Asian…

60 min+ · Medium
Assidat Zgougou
Tunisian
Prep
40m
Cook
40m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Assidat Zgougou

A dark pudding made from Aleppo pine seed, layered with cream and nuts. Made for the Prophet’s birthday, tastes of…

3.5 hr+ · Hard
Masfouf
Tunisian
Prep
20m
Cook
20m
Serves
6
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Desserts

Masfouf

Couscous steamed and then worked with butter or oil, sugar, raisins and nuts — the sweet version, eaten for…

40 min · Easy
Tarte Normande
French
Prep
30m
Cook
65m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Tarte Normande

Apples baked into an almond custard in a pastry case, with Calvados. Wetter and richer than a plain apple tart and…

3 hr · Medium
Paris-Brest
French
Prep
50m
Cook
40m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Paris-Brest

A ring of choux split and filled with praline mousseline, made for a bicycle race and shaped like a wheel. The…

90 min+ · Hard
Opéra
French
Prep
75m
Cook
25m
Serves
12
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Desserts

Opéra

Six layers: almond sponge soaked in coffee syrup, coffee buttercream, chocolate ganache, repeated, and a poured…

4.5 hr+ · Hard
Dacquoise
French
Prep
40m
Cook
60m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Dacquoise

Discs of nut meringue layered with buttercream. Chewy rather than crisp, which is what separates it from a vacherin.

2.5 hr+ · Hard
AI-generated illustration of Pithiviers
French
Prep
35m
Cook
45m
Serves
8
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Desserts

Pithiviers

Almond cream sealed between two discs of puff pastry, the top scored in curves from the centre. The scoring is what…

3 hr · Medium
Île Flottante
French
Prep
25m
Cook
25m
Serves
6
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Desserts

Île Flottante

Poached meringue floating on crème anglaise under a thread of caramel. The meringue is poached in milk, not baked.

65 min · Medium
Financiers
French
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
12
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Baking

Financiers

Small almond cakes made with brown butter and egg whites, baked hot so the edges crisp. Named for the gold-bar shape…

2.5 hr+ · Easy
Busiate al Pesto Trapanese
Italian
Prep
20m
Cook
15m
Serves
4
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Dinner

Busiate al Pesto Trapanese

Trapani's pesto: almonds instead of pine nuts, raw tomato instead of just basil. Made in a mortar and never cooked.

35 min · Easy
Cuccidati
Italian
Prep
60m
Cook
20m
Serves
12
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Baking

Cuccidati

Sicilian fig rolls: a spiced fig, date and nut paste inside a short pastry, cut into little pillows and iced. Made…

3 hr+ · Hard

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