Monkey puzzle nuts (pinhão)

Araucaria angustifolia, A. araucana

nuts & seeds

Large starchy seeds, boiled or roasted like chestnuts, a staple food of the Mapuche-Pehuenche.

Origin

Andes of Chile and Argentina

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

They are boiled for an hour in salted water, or roasted in the embers, then peeled of their husk; they are eaten cooked.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

The tree bears its first cones only after thirty to forty years, and each holds up to two hundred seeds.