Making pine nuts green...

[22s]

Hi all,

I'm hosting a dinner party on Saturday and one of the guests has a nut allergy.

I really want to make a recipe for stuffed dates with pistachios sprinkled over, sans pistachios. I think pine nuts should make a fine substitute, but the recipe I'm making looks great with the green 'pop' of the pistachios - see below.






I know this is over the top, but can I somehow make my pine nuts green? i.e can I just toast them, chop them then throw them around in some food colouring?

Thanks!

[bigpriest]

You can get natural colourings like matcha powder, not sure if it has a strong taste. Have you checked they are not allergic to pine nuts?

[sherman]

Whats the stuffing? Can you not just use something non nut based ?

[Mobile Chicane]

This seems fraught with danger to me.

I would sub with something else, like honeycomb, candied katsu breadcrumbs, or picked apart vermicelli baklava.

Or take it in a different direction with pomegranate seeds, yogurt, parsley etc.

[M5-911]

I would make a glucose tuiles with green colouring and brake it in tiny bits to get the effect of green sprinkle.

Glucose tuiles:

100g white sugar
30g glucose
20g water.
Colouring

Put everything in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil take it off just before it start to colour. Poor the caramel on a Silpat and let it cool down. Brake it into pieces or smash it.

[22s]

Should have said, they specifically told me they could eat pine nuts hence the idea! They are in fact not nuts but seeds - who knew!

Thank you for the thoughts. Interesting ideas with both the matcha powder and candied katsu breadcrumbs... MC, do you mind sharing a recipe? Panko + honey, baked for 10 min? Kind of like granola?!

Oh, and the filling is goat cheese and salami... Recipe here in case anyone is interested: https://youtu.be/dpSkVa9kE20?si=eQVMlr4kh5J4CcEH&a...

[22s]

M5-911 said:

I would make a glucose tuiles with green colouring and brake it in tiny bits to get the effect of green sprinkle.

Glucose tuiles:

100g white sugar
30g glucose
20g water.
Colouring

Put everything in a sauce pan and bring it to a boil take it off just before it start to colour. Poor the caramel on a Silpat and let it cool down. Brake it into pieces or smash it.

this sounds interesting! Thanks a lot!

[Mobile Chicane]

22s said:

Should have said, they specifically told me they could eat pine nuts hence the idea! They are in fact not nuts but seeds - who knew!

Thank you for the thoughts. Interesting ideas with both the matcha powder and candied katsu breadcrumbs... MC, do you mind sharing a recipe? Panko + honey, baked for 10 min? Kind of like granola?!

Oh, and the filling is goat cheese and salami... Recipe here in case anyone is interested: https://youtu.be/dpSkVa9kE20?si=eQVMlr4kh5J4CcEH&a...

Panko and honey - give it a good old stir and dehydrate in a low oven.

[Mobile Chicane]

Meanwhile, for what it's worth, I think you are trying to do too much.

Enjoy your guests and don't stress.

Stressing is what caterers are for.

[22s]

Thank you!