These little puppies are expensive but taste wonderful and you do not need that much to transform a salad. You do need to toast them first.
Be like Alton Brown and use the microwave:
How to Toast Pine Nuts in the Microwave
Summer means basil and basil means pesto and pesto means pine nuts … toasted pine nuts. And that’s where the trouble starts because pine nuts are stupid-easy to burn, especially in a pan on a cook top. The solution is elementary. But first, some background.
I will have to try that next time...
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