{"product_id":"st-johns-nuts-rynk-a-delicacy-with-a-unique-taste","title":"St. John's Nuts RYNK – a delicacy with a unique taste","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou can quickly learn how we make the nuts in our video that we recorded for you:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eHow St. John's Nuts are made:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe base is the walnut\u003c\/strong\u003e. But \u003cstrong\u003eit is not\u003c\/strong\u003e the walnut \u003cstrong\u003eyou know from making Christmas cookies\u003c\/strong\u003e, but \u003cstrong\u003ethe whole green, unripe nut\u003c\/strong\u003e, which you can often see on walnut trees in spring and summer. As the name suggests, these nuts are harvested \u003cstrong\u003eat the end of June\u003c\/strong\u003e around the feast of \u003cstrong\u003eJohn the Baptist\u003c\/strong\u003e (June 24), but due to the whims of the weather lately, it is not uncommon for us to go for the nuts as early as the end of May.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen we collect the nuts, \u003cstrong\u003eeach\u003c\/strong\u003e of them \u003cstrong\u003emust be pierced at least 2 times\u003c\/strong\u003e with a metal needle, depending on the size of the nut. The pierced nuts go into a vat of water, which we must \u003cstrong\u003echange daily for clean\u003c\/strong\u003e water for \u003cstrong\u003e2 - 3 weeks\u003c\/strong\u003e. This way, we get rid of the unpleasant bitterness from the nuts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen comes the stage of \u003cstrong\u003esyruping the nuts\u003c\/strong\u003e. It is a slow process where we gradually \u003cstrong\u003ereplace the water\u003c\/strong\u003e in the nuts with sugar \u003cstrong\u003esyrup\u003c\/strong\u003e. We gradually thicken it until we reach the desired density after \u003cstrong\u003eseveral weeks\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the nuts no longer absorb more sugar. Finally, we fill the jars, pour in the spiced syrup, and preserve (pasteurize) them. We also add a \u003cstrong\u003edrop of glucose syrup\u003c\/strong\u003e to the final syrup. This is not because we want to save on sugar, but \u003cstrong\u003eglucose prevents the syrup from crystallizing\u003c\/strong\u003e, so you don't have to dig the nuts out of a solid sugar mass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs you can see, making the nuts involves \u003cstrong\u003ea lot of work\u003c\/strong\u003e, but the result is worth it. This is evidenced not only by successes in domestic and international competitions but also by their \u003cstrong\u003epopularity among customers and chefs\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eA bit of history:\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSt. John's Nuts are a forgotten and rediscovered \u003cstrong\u003eold delicacy\u003c\/strong\u003e, for which recipes \u003cstrong\u003eappeared in cookbooks as early as the 19th century\u003c\/strong\u003e. We have a recipe from one such book. We have slightly modified it and adapted it to today's times, but the taste is original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough the recipe is this old, St. John's Nuts were a common treat even in the 1950s and 1960s. \u003cstrong\u003eWe still meet\u003c\/strong\u003e people who \u003cstrong\u003eremember them well from their youth\u003c\/strong\u003e, when their mother or grandmother made them every summer from green nuts. At that time, they were also one of the \u003cstrong\u003ecomponents of fruit compote\u003c\/strong\u003e, which could commonly be found on the shelves of socialist stores. People often \u003cstrong\u003econfuse the nuts with walnut liqueur\u003c\/strong\u003e, which is also made from unripe nuts, but instead of being soaked in water and syrup, they are soaked in alcohol, where the bitterness is welcome.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chut Moravy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58465953546584,"sku":"RY001","price":10.31,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/0577\/4168\/files\/2106-5_svatojanske-orechy-chut-moravy-barevna_f835bc42-27ba-44d9-a00b-5b3e2d1357b0.jpg?v=1791828683","url":"https:\/\/www.singular.shop\/en-sk\/products\/st-johns-nuts-rynk-a-delicacy-with-a-unique-taste","provider":"Singular","version":"1.0","type":"link"}