Peanut butter

How to Use Peanut Butter in Cooking?

While peanut butter is known for enhancing toast and pancakes for breakfast, its use in cooking doesn't stop there! In your pastry preparations, in your dips and appetizer sauces, as a final and gourmet touch on your bowls, this condiment has no limit but your imagination.

A Few Recipe Ideas with Peanut Butter

• Smoothie with Peanut Butter and Banana: Mix bananas, milk (or almond milk), peanut butter, and a pinch of cinnamon in a blender. Blend until smooth.
• Peanut Butter Cookies: mix peanut butter, sugar, an egg, and baking powder to create a dough. Form small balls, flatten them on a baking sheet, and bake in the oven. (See more)
• Noodle Sauce: Mix peanut butter with soy sauce, minced garlic, lime juice, and a little honey. Heat slightly and serve over noodles with sautéed vegetables and fresh herbs.
• Peanut Satay Chicken: marinate chicken pieces in a mixture of peanut butter, soy sauce, honey, and lemon juice. Grill the chicken skewers and serve with a satay sauce.

The Aromas of Peanut Butter

Peanut butter has notes of roasted hazelnuts, a creamy texture, and a slight graininess. Added to this is a subtle salty touch. All this makes for a delicious and flavorful spread.

Peanuts in the Spotlight

The peanut, whose botanical name is Arachis hypogaea, is a legume native to South America. It's not a nut but a member of the legume family, related to peas and lentils. Its origins date back thousands of years, first cultivated by ancient South American civilizations for its nutritional value. The peanut grows uniquely: its flowers bend towards the ground after pollination, burying their pods underground where the peanuts develop. This characteristic earns it the name "underground fruit," a fascinating botanical curiosity.

The Origins of Peanut Butter

Peanut butter, as we know it today, has its origins in the 19th century. Although ancient South American civilizations ground peanuts into paste, the modern version was developed in the United States. Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, a physician and inventor, patented a process in 1895 to create a paste from roasted peanuts. Initially conceived as a protein option for toothless patients, peanut butter gained popularity, becoming a staple in American households and subsequently appreciated worldwide for its flavor.