In Sunday’s podcast, we weren’t quite sure of the pronunciation of Pinoli as we more often see pine nuts spelled pignoli. Chef Paolo explains the difference. Thank you Chef!
Pinoli’s Grand Opening is this coming Thursday, December 18th.
Chef Paolo Interprets Pinoli!
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Wikipedia pine nut…”In Italian they are called pinoli (in the U.S. they are often called “pignoli” but in Italy “pignolo” is actually a word far more commonly used to describe a fussy, overly fastidious or extremely meticulous person)”
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I learned that from Nina Groppo, too, about a pignolo being a fussy person.
I think Paolo’s explanation is logical and one interpretation. Fortunately, he has provided us with the pronunciation of his restaurant!
The tree from which Mediterranean pine nuts are harvested is the Stone Pine, or Pinus pinea. The pine nuts from Stone Pine trees make the very best and most flavorful pesto, namely because the fruits from this species has the highest fat content, especially when compared to the Chinese pine nuts.
To further confuse, the following are different versions of the word pine nut that I came across when reading about pinolis: pinoli, pignoli, pignolo, pignolia, pignon, pinocchio, and pine nut. Interesting!
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