Gourmet Peanut Butter

 

Gourmet peanut butter is an expensive kind of peanut butter prepared with the best available ingredients. One of the most favored items at the National food trade fairs, the gourmet peanut butter had unprecedented sales making it one of the most coveted food items that sold briskly regardless of its price. The brands prepared by following some unique gourmet peanut butter recipes have been given exotic names and the quality of the gourmet peanut butter along with the taste went much beyond the conventional coarse peanut butter.

 

 

History Of Gourmet Peanut Butter

Gourmet peanut butter  comes in a variety of forms and flavors which are tried out by the different manufacturers all intent on popularizing their respective products.

The 1898 born Krema Nut Company believes in the best and creates gourmet peanut butter with the best quality peanuts imported from Spain. There are no set gourmet peanut butter recipes for them and it is the earthy flavor that rules. Squirrel brand succeeded in creating the black label butter which was considered to a gourmet peanut butter back in the 1880s after it started out with kettle roasted peanut spreads.

 

 

Varieties Of Gourmet Peanut Butter Recipes

Gourmet peanut butter recipes vary quite a bit with each manufacturer closely guarding their own popular recipes. However, a number of flavored peanut butters have made their mark now while the some specialized Gourmet peanut butter products make use of lightly roasted chunks of the nut within their butter.

The black label is a typical example which does not follow the typical gourmet peanut butter recipes. It has to be heated up before being spread on the surface of bread.

P.B. Loco, the most known name in the world of peanut butter has a range of sweet and savory peanut butters too. The Asian Curry flavor along with the Jungle Banana and the Raspberry White Chocolate are strong favorites with the epicureans.

 

 

Variations Of Gourmet Peanut Butter

Organically grown peanuts are used for creating specialized preserves which are suitable for the vegans as well.

 

 

Nutritional Facts About Gourmet Peanut Butter

Gourmet peanut butter is an extremely healthy condiment which keeps heart disease at bay by virtue of its unsaturated fat content. A source of protein, the peanut butter also contains Resveratrol, a compound with anti carcinogenic properties.

 

 

Gourmet Peanut Butter: Trivia

Women generally prefer the creamy version while men favor the chunky kind.