The market · Nuts and seeds · The Americas
Pumpkin seeds
Green hulled seeds from certain squashes — nutty and grassy. Ground into Mexican pipián, and pressed into Styrian pumpkin seed oil.
nutty · grassy · toasty
Kinds
- Pepitas
- Hulled and green; toast and salt them.
- In the shell
- Roasted, for snacking.
Goes with
Knowing it
- Where to buy
- Anywhere; Latin American grocers.
- Worth knowing
- Toast in a dry pan until they puff and pop, then grind them for pipián or scatter them over soup.
