{"id":15086,"date":"2018-02-16T09:09:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T14:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=15086"},"modified":"2018-02-16T09:09:49","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T14:09:49","slug":"national-almond-day-is-february-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/16\/national-almond-day-is-february-16\/","title":{"rendered":"National Almond Day is February 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_15087\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15087\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15087\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/21618IMG_3880-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/21618IMG_3880-300x201.jpg 300w, http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/21618IMG_3880.jpg 504w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15087\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s National Almond Day!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today, February 16, is National Almond Day! Did you know that a large percentage of almonds are grown in California?<\/p>\n<p>Almonds are used in numerous recipes. Almonds are\u00a0also said to offer a variety of health benefits. To discover the history of almonds and its many attributes visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalalmondday.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Almond Day website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Below is a recipe from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jwine.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">J Vineyards<\/a> in California. The recipe\u00a0requires almonds and Pinot Noir.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!\u00a0Kathy<\/p>\n<p><b>Chocolate Almond Shortbread with Pinot Noir Dried Bing Cherry Puree<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Serves 65 cookies 1-1\/2 inch each.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Ingredients<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Chocolate Almond Shortbread:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>8 ounces butter (at room temperature)<br \/>\n2 ounces granulated sugar<br \/>\n1 ounce powdered sugar<br \/>\n1 ounce cocoa powder<br \/>\n1 teaspoon vanilla<br \/>\n\u00bd teaspoon salt<br \/>\n8 ounces all purpose flour<br \/>\n1 ounce chopped almonds<\/p>\n<p><em>Pinot Noir Dried Bing Cherry Puree:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>8 ounces dried Bing cherries (or other Fruit)<br \/>\n4 ounces J Pinot Noir<br \/>\n2 ounces water<\/p>\n<p><b><i>Method<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i>Chocolate Almond Shortbread:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>In mixer on low speed blend butter, sugars, cocoa, vanilla and salt. Then add flour, and nuts. Roll out dough between two pieces of parchment paper to 1\/8 of an inch.<\/p>\n<p>Chill dough in refrigerator for one hour; this will make it easier to cut into desired shapes.<\/p>\n<p>Bake 350\u00ba for 8-10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><i>Pinot Noir Dried Bing Cherry Puree:<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Combine all the above in small saucepan and bring to a boil, then adjust heat to low and cook until cherries are soft, about 10 minutes. Pour into blender and puree.<\/p>\n<p>Allow mixture to cool then place in a pastry bag for piping.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<br \/>\nKathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"National Almond Day is February 16\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=15086\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s National Almond Day! Enjoy a special almond treat today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155],"tags":[1738,1737,762,3934,69],"class_list":["post-15086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wine-and-food","tag-almonds","tag-cookies","tag-dessert","tag-national-almond-day","tag-recipes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15086"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15089,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15086\/revisions\/15089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}