How to shell pine nuts?

1. Soak pine nuts in clear water 1 hour, then soak the shells to be soft, drain the water and steam them in a steamer for half an hour, then take them out and dry them naturally, let them cool, then stir-fry them slowly with low fire, and turn over many times to let the pine nuts slowly expand with heat and contract with cold open their mouths. After most of the pine nuts are opened, they can be cooked, and they are likely to be fried again.

2. Stir-fry the washed yellow sand in a pot, then mix 2 tablespoons of white sugar with 60 grams of warm water to make it saccharified evenly, and then pour it into the yellow sand after homogenization. After the caramel smell comes out, turn the fire down, pour the pine nuts into the pot and stir-fry with the yellow sand for about 5 minutes. You can take out 1-3 to see what color the pine nuts are.

If it is yellow, it means it is ripe. If not, fry for about 2 minutes and then take 1-3 capsules to see the color of the nuts. After frying, take out the pan immediately. Too long will fry. After taking out, sieve the yellow sand with a sieve, so that most of the fried pine nuts can be opened and eaten immediately after cooling.

3. First put the pine nuts in the microwave oven for 5 minutes, then take them out and let them cool, then put them in the microwave oven for 5 minutes, and then take them out and pour them into ice water or cold water. This is also the principle that pine nuts expand when heated and contract when cooled. Drain the water when you see the pine nuts open, instead of soaking them in the water all the time, and then put them back in the microwave oven for 3 minutes to dry the water.

Tips for identifying the opening method of pine;

1. Pine nuts with physical openings have dark colors, rough surfaces and uneven openings. This pine nut will have a longer shelf life, a more fragrant taste and a better taste.

2. The fried pine nuts are yellow in color, shiny in surface, greasy and smooth in hand, and even and long in opening. This pine nut has a short shelf life, but good in taste.

3. Pine nuts with drug holes are yellow in color, with flat and fine particles and even openings. This kind of pine nuts has short shelf life, poor taste, and some have astringent taste and peculiar smell.