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Walnut

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Walnuts have a rich, buttery texture and a distinctive flavour, sweet at the centre with a pleasant bitterness from the papery skin. This page covers walnut halves and chopped walnuts. They bring crunch and contrast to Waldorf Salad, against crisp apple and a creamy dressing, and their toasty richness suits sweet dishes such as Smetannik and Guryev Kasha. A few minutes in a dry pan or a moderate oven deepens the flavour and softens the bitterness. Their high oil content means they turn rancid quickly, tasting sharp and paint-like, so buy them from a shop with good turnover and keep them in the fridge or freezer.

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Recipes with walnut

Guryev Kasha — shot from directly overhead: semolina baked in layers between the skins lifted from scalded cream
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Guryev Kasha

Semolina baked in layers between the skins lifted from scalded cream, with nuts, preserved fruit and caramel.

2 hr 52 minServes 8
DessertsRussianVegetarian
Smetannik — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame
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Smetannik

Soft honey-scented sponge layers stacked with a whipped soured cream filling and left overnight to soften.

9 hr 35 minServes 12
DessertsRussianVegetarian
Waldorf Salad — shot from directly overhead, the table surface filling the frame
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Waldorf Salad

Apple, celery and walnuts in a lemon-slackened mayonnaise, kept crisp and served cold on a leaf of lettuce.

45 minServes 4
15 minutesAmericanNo-cook