Citrus Pine Nut Butter

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Add lemon zest, orange zest, and lime zest to pine nut butter for a bright and fresh take on nut butter. You can also use this butter in shortbread cookies. This recipe comes from Nut Butters by Mary Loudermilk.

Servings

servings

Ingredients

2 cup pine nuts
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 tablespoon lemon zest
2 tablespoon orange zest
2 tablespoon lime zest
salt, to taste

Directions

Process the pine nuts in the food processor until completely smooth, 5 to 10 minutes, scraping down the sides with a spatula as necessary.
Combine the sugar and zests and pinch together with clean fingers until fragrant. Add to the pine nut butter and process again until smooth.
Add salt as needed for taste.