noun
- pine nuts, especially those used in Italian cooking
Usage: Italian cuisine
Examples
- The recipe calls for a handful of pignoli to add crunch to the salad.
- She sprinkled pignoli over the pasta with pesto sauce.
- Pignoli cookies are a traditional Italian dessert made with almond paste.
- The bakery sells fresh pignoli imported from Italy.
- He toasted the pignoli lightly before adding them to the dish.
- Pignoli are expensive because they must be harvested by hand.