Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> "rox formerly rmg" wrote:
>
> > I'm making an ice cream pie on Sunday and it calls for whole almonds.
> > What's the best way to keep the almonds nice and crunchy? Would toasting
> > them or sugaring them make any difference? Thanks for your time.
> >
> > cheers
> >
> > PS it's yummy-sounding. A crust made of amaretti cookies. Filling is
> > Haagen Daz coffee ice cream, chopped dates, whole almonds, and
> > coffee-flavored whipping cream on top.
>
>
> I'd pan-fry them in butter with a sprinkling of salt. That's how Ben &
> Jerry's keeps the pecans crunchy in their recipe for butter-pecan ice cream,
> and it works very well.
>
> Bob
> P.S.: How DARE you misspell Häagen-Dazs when cross-posting to
> alt.food.ice-cream! :-)

Alt.food.ice-cream?!? Where have you been all my life....?
-L.