{"id":8968,"date":"2020-02-03T11:26:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T11:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itacpro.develacq.startgoconnection.es\/?p=8968"},"modified":"2023-08-11T10:15:38","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T08:15:38","slug":"discover-the-delicious-flavours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itac-professional.com\/en\/blog\/discover-the-delicious-flavours\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover our dried fruit and nut cocktail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seasonings, batter and breaded coatings, crocants<\/em> and desserts… Itac Professional dried fruit and nut cocktails have so many commercial culinary uses<\/strong>, apart from being a great snack, and they\u2019ll help you give your dishes a really distinct flavour.<\/p>\n

Would you like to know what their secret is? It\u2019s simply the great variety of tastes and textures of the nuts and dried fruits that combine together to create amazing tastes and aromas for your senses.<\/p>\n

If you want to delight and surprise your guests with an unusual starter or finish off your dishes with innovative ingredients, then read on!<\/p>\n

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Fruit and nut cocktails: constantly expanding<\/h2>\n

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According to the latest report on Food in Spain<\/strong> produced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in Spain(1), Spaniards, on average, consume 3.13 kilos of nuts and dried fruit a year, generally as snacks (fried and raw) and often outside of the home.<\/p>\n

Perhaps for this reason, dried fruit and nut cocktails are a mainstay in many bars and restaurants<\/strong>, and are usually taken with spirits and soft drinks. This custom is very widespread, and caters to the needs of consumers who are used to eating nuts in this context, as an accompaniment to a drink.<\/p>\n

However, as is the case throughout the whole restaurant and hotel sector, trends are constantly changing<\/strong>. And, nowadays, in the global market we move in, there are more and more \u00abconscious consumers<\/u><\/a>\u00ab, who are increasingly better informed, and it\u2019s becoming more and more important to cater for them.<\/p>\n

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Conscious consumers are those who seek to eat healthily without giving up their small daily pleasures. What this type of consumer really looks for is a satisfying all-round gastronomic experience. Some people are calling this the \u00absmart food revolution\u00bb – \u00a0a way of understanding food and nutrition and protecting and improving health by including more food of vegetable origin<\/strong> in the diet, such as cereals, or food rich in healthy proteins and fats such as nuts or seeds<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

This situation means that some snacks, such as fruit and<\/strong> nut cocktails<\/strong>, have gone from being a simple snack to a common ingredient on some restaurant\u2019s menus<\/strong>. The reason is that consumers, without giving up classic nut cocktails (such as those you\u2019ll find in our Basic Indulgents<\/em> range) are looking for premium and gourmet<\/em> flavours in their snacks or looking to incorporate nuts in their diet as one of their main sources of food.<\/p>\n

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Flavours, aromas and textures: at the heart of Itac Professional\u2019s fruit and nut cocktails<\/h2>\n

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Over the years, the more traditional fruit and nut cocktails have given way to more elaborate options that, in addition to nuts, incorporate cereals, chocolate, Goji berries or raisins, and this gives the consumer the option of combining them with yoghurt. In other cases, new exotic or spicy combinations are created, such as chilli nut cocktail, barbecue, Tex-Mex, and tropical flavours, and, in others, a sweet touch is added to the nut mix, with dried fruit, cookies or jelly beans, enabling it to be used in confectionery.<\/p>\n

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As an experimented nuts supplier<\/a>, we know chefs can personalize our fruit and nut cocktails<\/strong> to make new and completely unique appetizers<\/u>.<\/a> One idea is to use the most natural products on our range (Premium Raw Cocktail or Dried Fruit and Nut Mix) and spice them up using curry or Provencal herbs. You can add cumin powder, black pepper, cayenne and rosemary to our Natural Walnut Cocktail. In both cases, we suggest that you toast the nuts in the oven for 20-25 minutes, and add the spices while they\u2019re still hot. Afterwards, you just need to let the mix sit for a few days so that the flavours impregnate all the nuts.<\/p>\n

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\nIdeas for Itac Professional\u2019s fruit and nut cocktails<\/h2>\n

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