Spiced Cocktail Nuts

Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis

Show: Giada at HomeEpisode: Cocktails with Couples

Rated: 4 stars out of 5Rate itRead users' reviews (30)

RECIPE
COMMENTS & REVIEWS(30)

Cook Time:
45 min
Level:
Easy
Yield:
4 to 6 servings

Times:

Prep: 5 min
Inactive Prep: 1 hr 0 min
Cook: 45 min
Total:: 1 hr 50 min

Recipe Tools:

Select a Card Size

Add To My Recipe Box

Success

This recipe was added to your Folder_Name folder.

Do not show this message again

Add To My Recipe Box

Please sign in to add this recipe to your Recipe Box.

Ingredients

Vegetable cooking spray
2 egg whites
2 cups roasted and salted almonds
2 cups roasted and salted cashew nuts
2 cups walnut halves
3/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons Madras curry powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 1/2 teaspoons garlic salt
1 1/4 teaspoons cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Directions

Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F. Spray a baking sheet, liberally, with vegetable cooking spray. Set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk the egg whites until frothy. Add the nuts and stir until coated. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, curry powder, cumin, garlic salt, cayenne pepper, cardamom, and cinnamon. Sprinkle the sugar mixture over the nuts and toss until coated. Arrange the nuts in a single layer on the prepared baking sheet. Bake for 45 minutes until golden and fragrant. Cool for 1 hour.

Using a metal spatula, remove the nuts from the baking sheet. Break the nuts into bite- sized pieces and place in serving bowls.

Next Recipe

More recipes? Try these recommendations:

Similar Recipe

Sugar and Nut Glazed Brie

Photo: Spiced Cocktail Nuts

Similar Recipes

Recipes Like This

All About…

Sugar

Recipe Collections

Showing 1-10 of 18

View all 18 Italian Collections

Comments & Reviews

recipe Spiced Cocktail Nuts
Kelly Minneapolis, MN 08-13-2009
Flag

Question!!
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

I am planning to take these to a family reunion, but I am a little worried about how they will travel. Do the nuts need to be... kept frozen or refrigerated if going to be made way ahead of time? Also, I don't know what people are complaining about. I love Giada, and her new show is my absolute favorite to watch on the food network...It is an absolute treat seeing her beautiful home, darling baby and husband, and all the fabulous dishes she prepares! Props to her for working hard and being successful- what an inspiration!Read more
recipe Spiced Cocktail Nuts
STORY Hoboken, NJ 08-09-2009
Flag

A different take on spiced nuts
Rated: 4 stars out of 5

These were great! Very different from other spiced nuts recipes I have because of the warm and almost moroccan-y spices. ... You can make them ahead of time, which is the best part if you're serving them for a party. My husband, my girlfriends and I all really liked them and I'll make them again!Read more
recipe Spiced Cocktail Nuts
nita Andover, KS 08-01-2009
Flag

Didn't care for these
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

I made them for a party. I'm not sure I'll serve them. The spices didn't seem to work together in a way my husband and I... liked. I did just make 1/2 the recipe and I would suggest you do this as a trial run.Read more
recipe Spiced Cocktail Nuts
Brian Martha's Vineyard, MA 07-20-2009
Flag

WOW!!!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

Great receipe Giada. Made them and took them to the beach for snacks.!!!!!
recipe Spiced Cocktail Nuts
Ann Kansas City, MO 06-22-2009
Flag

serving portions misleading
Rated: 3 stars out of 5

The recipe said it makes 4-6 servings. I served these with cocktails before dinner and if we had eaten 25% of the recipe we... would have been too full! I didn't even use the amount of nuts called for because it was starting to look like a huge amount in the bowl. Maybe if you are just serving them as a munchie with cocktails the portion guidelines would be more in line . Glad to hear from another reviewer that they can be frozen - I can't bear the thought of throwing them out! I liked them but flavors may have been a bit strong for my other dinner guests.Read more
recipe Spiced Cocktail Nuts
Laurie West Islip, NY 05-27-2009
Flag

Very tasty!
Rated: 5 stars out of 5

I love nuts. So I wanted to try this out before I made this for a party. I thought maybe I can make it ahead of time and... freeze whatever I had leftover. Well, I had nothing left to freeze. We snacked on the nuts and I also sprinkled them on my salad as a topping...it was so delicious. It added a nice flavor to my salad. I agree with another viewer that it has a lot of curry and I'm not a curry fan but I do like it in this recipe. I think you can cut back though. Otherwise, enjoy!Read more