October is usually the month when nature deploys its most beautiful colours as autumn settles in. Who doesn’t appreciate those colours? Do you like me actually stop to look at them and appreciate the gradience that can be reflected on one single tree leaf?
I love colours, my whole life is dictated by colours my food and obviously the range of snacks on this website is full of colours.
Nuts are notorious for being boring in colours. With Miss Nang Treats, I have made it my mission to beautify nuts and seeds while dressing them with the best flavours that can be added onto them without them losing their Super Food statuses.
How I come up with the choice of colours and flavours? Day dreaming and observing nature and ingredients.
The first decision is about what colour is missing from the collection of existing treats.
Then comes the choice of the main ingredient that will produce the colour aimed at.
The rest of ingredients and the choice of nuts is based on the leading colour.
The choice of nut or seed will often depend on their behaviour in contact with liquid. Some nuts are less permeable than others and getting the colour to stay on them is a whole process.
Whether we end up with a savoury or sweet snack will depend on the behaviour of the nut vis a vis the process.
One of the snack that challenged me most was the Purple Lime. It took me almost a year and a half to get it right. During the process, I created a savoury snack that I wasn’t looking for before finally make it to the Purple Lime. Each batch still makes me nervous.
I wasted so many packs of blueberries; I tried them whole, then, just worked with the skin of blueberries (had to wash clean the blueberries skins). Still didn’t work. They were tasty, actually really good, but didn’t look like what I wanted. Blanched almonds are expensive and my colleagues at the time where very happy with anything I turned up with.
I finally decided to experiment with red cabbage. The problem with that, red cabbage changes colour when overcooked. Arrrrrggghh what a nightmare that was.
I wanted to stop when I got the Mustard & All, but I was determined to create something purple… it must me sweet. When I kind of got there, stinky sweet red cabbage isn’t the most appealing I was close. All I needed to find now was another flavour the would compliment, but almost dominate the cabbage flavour. That was the lime.
I was in heaven when I found the right formula; purple lime is my proudest creation of the lot. And one of the most expensive of the collection too. Well worth tasting.
The other best discovery is the Nang Safprika, a cashew savoury snack that came about because I was searching for an orange coloured snack. Ingredients include paprika and Saffron.
Miss Nang Treats is all about healthy and inclusive snacking, colour dictates the process and am glad to say that all the snacks receive fantastic review.
Do look out for the savoury trio special offer coming up this week end.
You are also invite to Instagram live chat this Sunday 4th October at 6pm for more conversation on food colouring and flavours.
Got questions, email Hortense at miss-nang@outlook.com, follow on twitter and Instagram @Missynang. Facebook @MissNang.
See you next month. �