Pine nut oil ✦ ◆

Huile de pignon de pin

What it is

A stone pine cone takes three years on the tree to ripen and gives up its kernels one shell at a time, which is why the oil is sold in bottles the size of a perfume flask. It is one of the few oils with a genuine resin note — the tree's own terpenes come through the press.

In the kitchen

Count it in drops and never heat it — a few drops on raw scallop or cured trout is a dose. Refrigerate once open; it turns within weeks.

Goes with

Scallop Trout Basil Parmesan Sea bass Fennel Lemon Ricotta

Same species

Korean pine nut Pine nut Pinyon pine nut

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