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How should I crack upon nuts from Juglans nigra ? (jlai.lu)

submitted 2 years ago by pseudo@jlai.lu to c/foraging@lemm.ee

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My town have a plantation of Juglans nigra. These nut trees don't grow usually in France yet when I decided to have a taste of them, I thought I would handle it like another nut. But they are different.

I try to have the green shell to dry completely before peeling them off. But I couldn't so I went with a knive to get ride of it before they turn bad. The nuts are smaller than the one that grows here but so hard I can't crack them with a nutcraker.

Should I have wait longer before picking them up ? What is right to great ride of the green skin ? How could I crack them ?

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[–] kingludd@lemmy.basedcount.com 2 points 2 years ago

This is the way to remove the husk; I do a few hundred pounds like this each year.

Store them indefinitely in the shell, but at least for a few months to cure for best flavor.

For cracking, whop them a couple times on the point of the shell with a hammer on concrete, then flip them upside down and whop once. They usually split in half. Then get a pair of wire clippers and clip the shell diagonally from the bottom to remove the meat. There might be a better way to do this part, but I haven't found it yet.