Sometimes when I am in the kitchen, I just amaze myself when I think my way through the fast track. Today I was about to cook Pine Nuts (Pignolia) and I really did not feel like dragging out a cookie sheet, messing it up, and of course heating the oven, because it was just too much work. I knew that my recipe required toasted pine nuts and there was no short-cutting that step, so I did the next logical thing, I figured out how to toast pine nuts in under a minute, without a baking pan, without the oven and without making a mess. This tip and trick will save you
This tip and trick will save you time beyond what you can imagine, no more cleaning up a pan after toasting! Is it possible that you can toast these yummy little treasures in under a minute and not make a mess? I can proudly show you my results. I will say this, it took me a few tries to get it right, but now I am sure of the how to toast pine nuts in under a minute as I lavishly live food out loud.
How To Toast Pine Nuts In Under A Minute
What you won’t need for this quick method is a baking pan, the oven, or oil, but you will need the following items in order to toast pine nuts in under a minute:
1 Lunch Bag
1/2 – 3/4 C of Pine Nuts
Mediterranean Sea Salt
Water
Colander
This is how it works, in a step-by-step demo and I can assure you it does work. The Pine Nuts were toasted, crunchy and perfect.
Cook’s Notes On How To Toasting Pine Nuts In Under A Minute
Make sure to thoroughly saturate the Pine Nuts.
Make sure to Drain the pine nuts, even use a slotted spoon to pick them up into the bag.
Allow them Pine Nuts to Cool before you taste them a) they are hot, and b) they are soft when initially cooked, but they will firm up shortly.
Start with 45 seconds to toast them, increase your time up to 1 1/2 minutes but do make sure they are not burning in the bag.
The secret to cooking Pine Nuts In Under A Minute is amazing and since it is so similar to the other item I talked about I just knew it had to work. Lavishly live food out loud with this tip on how to toast Pine Nuts In Under A Minute.