Comments on: Monkey Puzzle Nut Recipe

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:52:45 +0000

Thanks for your information on this subject – I recently found a few of these old trees near our flat – we just recently moved to Scotland. These old trees seem to be plentiful up here. I’m going to keep an eye out for the seedpods on the ground. Your recipe ideas seem to be the only ones on the internet. Thanks again!

By: Pacha Runa

Pacha Runa — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:20:33 +0000

dose anyone know wher i can get thees nuts in the USA

By: Asado Arg

Asado Arg — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 21:00:51 +0000

tmid:
I’d like to see one of those crashes. I found a few trees around town but they are too small to produce any seeds.

By: tmid

tmid — Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:46:10 +0000

We were enjoying a delicious lunch in Wagga Wagga Australia in one of its many parks and ‘crash’, a Monkey Puzzle nut cluster came down, I had heard this before, fo once I lived by the park. I collected the nuts, roasted the. ‘Bang’ as stated above, one exploded. Shame I did not see this site before… I’ll try a pesto. I heard that you can make a flour like substance, I’ll try the portugguese links.

By: Dadivosa

Dadivosa — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 17:39:25 +0000

This is called “pinhÃ£o” in portuguese and it is a big thing in the south of Brazil, especially in the states of ParanÃ¡ and Santa Catarina. There is even a festival devoted to this pine, called “festa do pinhÃ£o” in the city of Lages.
It is indeed a very versatile ingredient and if you don’t mind, I’ll leave some links with recipes in portuguese. If you have any trouble translating them, please feel free to contact me:
http://www.pr.gov.br/turismo/receitas.shtml?turistas

http://www.centrovegetariano.org/receitas/index.php?cat_id=51

All the best!

By: Administrator

Administrator — Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:27:43 +0000

Thanks for the info Alan & Elizabeth

Sucks that you can’t enjoy them Alan.

I’ll have to try that 1 hour boil and pan roast next time their in season down here.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:58:22 +0000

We summer in Junin de Los Andes and they are plentiful in the roadside markets..Common preparation is to boil them for a long time (1 hour) and make a white creamy salsa or pesto for pasta. After boiling them you can also pan roast them with butter and put in salads. Interesting fact…by law they can only be harvested off the ground.

By: elizabeth

elizabeth — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 15:57:59 +0000

By: Alan Patrick

Alan Patrick — Mon, 02 Oct 2006 20:40:48 +0000

You know, there was/is a whole tribe down in Neuquen that was/is completely obsessed with these monkey puzzle nuts. I think they were possibly even named after the nuts, or the other way around. I’ll have a look for the info and re-post it here.

Me, was always obsessed with monkey puzzle trees as a child. So the nuts interest me, BUT unfortunately….I am allergic to nuts