Hazelnut

Gathered wild from forest belt trees, mostly by people who happen to know where they are.

Shelled and sorted by hand — there's no infrastructure for this at all.

• Wild-gathered from Himalayan forest
• Hand-shelled, no commercial processing
• Very irregular supply — some years there's little

Eat as they are, or toast briefly first.

Crush over desserts and salads.

Toast and grind into a rough paste.

Hazelnut is one of several forest foods in these valleys that were eaten locally and never traded.

Hazelnuts are widely recognised as a source of healthy fats, fibre and vitamin E.

These are general facts about this food, not tested claims about this specific batch. We'd rather tell you what we know than invent numbers.