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These lovely little seeds are used worldwide in so many cuisines. Recipes can be found from Native American to Mediterranean to Asian cultures.
They are also known as pignoles, pinon, pine kernel, the Italian nut and pignolia. pine nuts are actually the seeds found inside the pine cone. While every tree produces seeds, only certain trees have nuts that taste good enough to be edible.
There are two main types of Pine Nut seeds. One is grown in the Mediterranean and is referred to as the Italian or Mediterranean pine nut. Extracted from the cones of the Stone Pine tree, these are a longer and more tapered nut. The flavor is lighter. The Chinese variety is harvested from a variety of trees and is more triangular in shape. It has a sharper and more pungent flavor. The Chinese pine nuts now account for about 2 million pounds of the nuts imported into the United States.