What's Up With Pine Nuts???

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by gomestar

I imagine it would be rather visually appealing.
Yep Never had a pine nut cookie before. Is it similar to an almond cookie?

 

[j]

Originally Posted by Rambo

Yep Never had a pine nut cookie before. Is it similar to an almond cookie?
My grandma used to put them all over the top of spritz cookies. They were tasty, added some nice texture and a little sweet flavor while being lighter than any other type of nuts.

 

[Rambo]

Originally Posted by j

My grandma used to put them all over the top of spritz cookies. They were tasty, added some nice texture and a little sweet flavor while being lighter than any other type of nuts.
What's a spritz cookie?

 

[impolyt_one]

I once lived on an Indian reservation for a year when I was wee, and they used to snack on these motherfuckers like sunflower seeds. Soak in a heavy brine, roast in an oven, they are good snacking if you can master the hulling, you realy have to crack them sometimes. Inidian reservations all over the southwest are basically littered with triillions of pinon shells; the schools, the gas stations, the streets and sidewalks, everywhere.

Pine nuts make their way into a lot of stuff here in Korea, they are a nice compliment to Asian foods.

 

[tonylumpkin]

Never buy the chinese variety. They are cheaper, but far less flavorful than their cousins from Portugal!

 

[romafan]

Originally Posted by tonylumpkin

Never buy the chinese variety. They are cheaper, but far less flavorful than their cousins from Portugal!

+1 Beware the ayzhun interloper! Also, don't go crazy w/ quantity - they can go rancid left sitting around too long...

 

[oscarthewild]

The Afghan ones are longer and pointier than the ones from the American SW. The soak in brine and roast is a good method. Another one is toasting them in rock salt.

There was a bookstore/coffee house across the old route 66 from the University of New Mexico. They sold a pretty good pinon coffee mix.

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[j]

Originally Posted by Rambo

What's a spritz cookie?
http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Quick-M...tz/Detail.aspx They use a "cookie press" which I assume is something like the Play Doh fun factory to smush the dough out in shapes.

 

[imatlas]

Originally Posted by greekonomist

People from Genoa?

I think you can use hazelnuts or almonds as well. I really enjoy cooking with these ingredients.

I've had good results using walnuts in my pesto.

The thing I hate about pine nuts is that they spoil so quickly. For those who dislike the taste, there's a good chance you've just had old nuts

For that reason I only buy them from places that sell them in bulk, so I can taste a couple before buying them, and I only buy enough for that night's meal.

 

[globetrotter]

I love pine nuts

 

[oscarthewild]

Originally Posted by imatlas

I've had good results using walnuts in my pesto.

The thing I hate about pine nuts is that they spoil so quickly. For those who dislike the taste, there's a good chance you've just had old nuts

For that reason I only buy them from places that sell them in bulk, so I can taste a couple before buying them, and I only buy enough for that night's meal.

If you put them in an airtight mason jar and stick them in the freezer, they last a long time. For most purposes (i.e where the nuts are heated), the difference in taste in negligible.

 

[Cavalier]

Toasted pine nuts + chevre salad with a nice vinaigrette is one of my favorites

I also put toasted pine nuts in my risotto !

 

[javyn]

Originally Posted by Asch

Very good with asparagus.

Yes, pine nuts with ground beef and asparagus is wonderful.

So is fried Kibbi.

Two pine nut heavy Lebanese dishes that I love.

 

[Piobaire]

Harvested some basil yesterday (Aero Garden ftw) and toasted pine nuts to grind up in the pesto I made.

 

[fleet on feet]

i find that pine nuts on hummus go well together