Pine nuts are a storehouse of nutrients and vitamins. They contain carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, sucrose, sugar, starch), micro and macro elements (iron, copper, magnesium, manganese, silicon, vanadium, potassium, calcium, nickel, phosphorus, iodine), vitamins (B1, B2, B3, B6, E, PP), in the kernels of nuts contains about 70% of valuable oil and 17% of proteins. Just fried nuts in a pan are very tasty and healthy, but not everyone knows that this unique product can be widely used in sauces, fish and meat dishes. Pine nuts are seeds of Siberian cedar, a distant relative of the Mediterranean pine (pine), therefore, in the preparation of many Italian dishes and sauces, it is recommended to use pine nuts as a complete replacement for pineoli and pine seeds.
Pick your recipe
You will need
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- For pesto:
- 50 g Parmesan cheese;
- 50 g of basil;
- 100 ml of olive oil;
- 2-3 cloves of garlic;
- 3 tablespoons pine nuts;
- salt.
- For risotto with pesto:
- 1 glass of rice;
- 1 onion;
- 4 tbsp. tablespoons of olive oil;
- 4 cups chicken stock;
- 3 tbsp. tablespoons of pesto sauce;
- 300 g spinach;
- 50 g pine nuts;
- 4 tbsp. tablespoons of grated parmesan.
- For beef carpaccio:
- 200 g of beef fillet;
- 2 oranges;
- 1/2 lemon
- 40 g of arugula leaves;
- 20 g of parmesan;
- 10 g pine nuts;
- 1 teaspoon of balsamic vinegar;
- pepper
- salt.
Instruction manual
1
Pesto sauce is used in the preparation of Italian dishes such as pasta, lasagna, it is added to soups. Pesto is spread on bread, crackers and it turns out a tasty and healthy snack. To cook pesto, you need to chop cheese, basil, garlic, add olive oil and pine nuts, mix everything in a blender until a homogeneous mass is formed. This basic recipe has many options: use pecorino or parmesan cheese, include cilantro and capers, in all variations, however, there are pinoli or pine nuts.
2
In this risotto recipe, pine nuts are used both in the sauce and to decorate the dish. Peel the onion, chop finely, fry until soft for 4-5 minutes. in olive oil in a pan with a thick bottom. Add rice and fry with onions for 3-4 minutes until rice becomes clear. Add 1 cup of hot broth and cook, stirring, until the broth is absorbed, then add half a glass of broth and repeat the operation. Add half a cup of broth and stir until completely absorbed, then add finely chopped spinach. Stir, pour half a cup of broth when absorbed, add pesto and pine nuts. Pour in the remaining broth, sprinkle with parmesan and freshly ground black pepper before serving.
3
Carpaccio - a traditional dish of many European nations, it is raw meat (beef, pork, horse meat, donkey) in a special way chopped and seasoned. In this Italian cuisine recipe, pine nuts are used to season and decorate a dish. Marinate beef in orange juice for 2 hours. Wrap in cling film and freeze. Cut the meat on a slicer 0.5 mm thick and put a thin layer on a large plate, sprinkle with salt and pepper, pour over orange juice. Put on the dishes arugula, slices of cheese, sprinkle with nuts and pour vinegar.
note
Cedar oil quickly rancid and loses its useful properties, so it is better to take pine nuts in a peel and peel them immediately before use.
Useful advice
The peel of pine nuts is almost half their weight, this should be borne in mind when buying nuts in a peel for further use in cooking dishes with pine nuts.