PILI: Recipe using Pili Nuts (2024)

July 2, 2012October 6, 2012 ~ Jennifer Bichara

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A feast of your senses with nothing

but Bicol’s pride

“The Pili Nut” delightful treats.

PILI CHOCOLATE CRUNCH

Ingredients:
½ kilo pili nut
1 kg. chocolate premium

Procedure:
1. Toast the pili nut in an oven at low temperature.
2. Cool and set aside.
3. Melt the chocolate bar in a double boiler.
4. Distribute the nuts in moulders.
5. Pour the melted chocolate while hot to coat the nuts.
6. Place the mixture inside the freezer for a few minutes or until the

moulder becomes cloudy.

7. Unmold
8. Wrap using chocolate wrapper.
9. Pack and store.

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POLVORON

Ingredients:
1 kilo flour
2 bar fresh butter
1 cup toasted pili nut (pounded)
2 ½ cup refined sugar
½ kilo skimmed milk

Procedure:
1. Toast the until golden brown
2. Melt butter and set aside.
3. Combine sugar and skimmed milk into flour and mix until well blended.
4. Add the melted butter and pili and mix well.
5. Mould the mixture and wrap in colored cellophane.
6. Pack and store.

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PILI BUTTER SPREAD

Ingredients:
1 kilo pilinut – toasted
2 cups sugar
2 cups toasted flour
¾ cups corn oil

Procedure:
1. Toast the pili until golden brown.
2. Mix the first three ingredients.
3. Grind and add the corn oil gradually.
4. Pack in sterilized bottles.
5. Seal

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PILI TART

Ingredients:
Crust Filling
1 kilo ordinary flour ½ kilo ground pili
2 bars fresh butter 1 can condensed milk
1 cup sugar 1 cup sugar
1 cup cold water

Packaging Material: Colored cellophane
P.E. Plastic

Procedure:
1. Measure ingredients needed for crust and filling.
2. In a bowl combine sugar and flour, with a pastry blender or two knives,

cut in fresh butter until it is the size of small peas.
3. Add cold water a little at a time, moving to the side the pieces of

dough as they hold together.
4. Form into balls. Roll each ball into 1/8 inch thick.
5. Press dough to shape of tart. Prick sides and bottom.
6. Bake for 20 minutes.
7. In another bowl, combine condensed milk and sugar. Mix well.
8. Fill up baked crust tart top with sliced pili.
9. Bake until golden brown.
10. Let cool before wrapping, pack.

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CRISPY PILI

Ingredients:
1 cup pilinut
¼ cup sugar
4 tbsp. karo syrup
¼ cup water
oil for frying

Procedure:
1. Blanch the pilinut and remove seed coats.
2. Combine sugar, syrup and water. Stir until dissolved.
3. Soak pilinut syrup for 10 minutes.
4. Drain. Fly until golden brown.
5. Let it cool down on a piece of cheese cloth.
6. Pack in P.E. plastic or jars of desired size and seal.
7. Store in a cool dry place.

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SPICE GREASELESS PILINUT

Ingredients:
2 cups pilinut
1 cup water
salt
powdered pepper
garlic powder

Procedure:
1. Boil pilinut in water until soft.
2. Add salt, garlic and pepper when most of the water has evaporated.
3. Cook over medium heat until nearly dry.
4. Dry further in a mechanical dryer or in oven at 50 degrees

Fahrenheit until pili become crispy.
5. Cool and pack.

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PILI EMPANADITAS

Ingredients:
Crust Filling
3 cups flour ¼ kilo pilinut
1 cup margarine or butter 1 small can condensed milk
4 tbsp. sugar ¼ cup sugar
¼ cup cold water

? Combine and cook until thick.

Procedure:
1. Prepare and measure all the needed ingredients.
2. Sift together the flour and sugar.
3. Cut in the shortening with a pastry blender or blending fork until pieces

are size of small pass.
4. Sprinkle water, one tbsp. at a time over part of mixture.

Gently mix with fork, push to one side of bowl.
5. Sprinkle next tbsp. water over dry part, mix lightly, push to moistened

part at one side. Repeat until all are moistened.
6. Gather up with fingers, form into balls.
7. Flatten slightly and add the filling.
8. Seal edges.
9. Bake in an oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 25-40 minutes until golden brown.

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PILI KISSES

Ingredients:
1 cup pilinut-roasted
2 pcs. egg white
½ cup refined sugar or confectioner sugar
¼ tsp. cream of tartar

Procedure:
1. Grind the pilinut.
2. Separate the eggwhite from the yolk.
3. Beat eggwhite till fluffy.
4. Mix cream of tartar.
5. Continue beating until mixture form bubbles or foam.
6. Add sugar gradually while beating the mixture. Beat until stiff foam is formed.
7. Add the ground pilinut and fold the mixture.
8. Place small cones in baking sheet.
9. Bake for 40 minutes at 135 degree Fahrenheit.
10. Cool and pack.

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PANDECILLOS

Ingredients:
Filling
½ kilo ground pili
1 can condensed milk
¼ cup sugar
1 pc. egg yolk
¼ box

Dough
8 cups all purpose flour
1 bar fresh butter
6 pcs. egg yolk
1 can evaporated milk
1 ½ cup refined sugar
8 tsp. baking powder

Procedure:
1. Combine the needed ingredients for the filling except the cheese.
2. Sift together the flour and baking powder.
3. Blend the melted butter with egg yolk and sugar. Mix well.
4. Add the evaporated milk alternately with the flour mixture.
5. Gather with fingers and form into roll.
6. Spread the filling on top and sprinkle grated cheese.
7. Roll and cut into desired length.
8. Place in a greased pan and bake in oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes.

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PASTILLAS DE PILI

Ingredients:
1 cup pilinut -roasted
1 cup skimmilk
1/3 cup suagr
1 tbsp. vanilla
1/3 cup water
pinch of salt

Procedure:
1. Grind the roasted pilinut finely.
2. Mix sugar and skimmilk thoroughly.
3. Add water and mix well.
4. Stir in pilinut and vanilla.
5. Continue mixing until hom*ogenous.
6. Cook on medium heat with constant stirring until such time that the mixture stick as one ball.
7. Spread on greased trays and cut into desired sizes.
8. Roll over sugar and wrap.

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SUGAR COATED PILI

Ingredients:
1 cup pilinut (roasted)
1 cup sugar (refined)
½ cup water
¼ tsp. flour
2 tsp. margarine

Procedure:
1. Mix all ingredients in a cooking pan.
2. Cook over moderate heat and continue mixing until syrup is almost dry.
3. Remove from heat when pilinut are coated with syrup.]
4. Spread on tray.
5. Let cool and pack.

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PILINUT CANDY

Ingredients:
1 cup pilinut
½ cup sugar
2 tbsp. karo syrup
½ tsp. margarine
½ tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. water

Procedure:
1. Remove outer skin of pili. Grind coarsely.
2. Combine sugar, water and syrup in a pan.
3. Cook on medium heat until the sugar us dissolved.
4. Add the ground pilinut. Mix thoroughly.
5. Cook until sticky.
6. Add margarine and mix well.
7. Pour on greased tray. Add baking soda and stir thoroughly.
8. Spread immediately and cut into desired sizes while hot.
9. Cool and wrap.

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PILI BAR

Ingredients:
1 cup pilinut
½ cup sugar
¼ tsp. vanilla

Procedure:
1. Blanch pilinut and remove seed coats.
2. Boil pilinut into soft, then drain.
3. Grind the boiled pili finely.
4. Mix pilinut and sugar thoroughly.
5. Cook over moderate heat until boiling.
6. Remove from fire spread on a wooden board. Continue mixing until the mixture stick as one ball.
7. Knead the mixture while hot by using a rolling pin.
8. Cut desired sizes.

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MAZAPAN DE PILI

Ingredients:
1 cup pilinut – roasted ¼ cup water
1 tbsp. cheese 1 tsp vanilla
1.4 cup skimmilk 1/3 cup suagr
1 pc egg

Procedure:
1. Grind pilinut coarsely or chop using mortar and pestle.
2. Mix sugar and skimmilk very well.
3. Add water equal to the weight of skimmilk and stir thoroughly to a smooth consistency.
4. Stir in pilinut and ¾ parts of total amount of beaten egg.
5. Add cheese and vanilla.
6. Cook on medium heat until sticky.
7. Distribute the mixture on greased paper cups place in muffin pans.
8. Brush beaten eggs on top of each mixture in the cup.
9. Bake at 250 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes.

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PILI BRITTLE

Ingredients:
1 cup pilinut 1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. margarine 8 tbsp. sugar
4 tspb. Water 4 tbsp. corn syrup

Procedure:
1. Dry pilinut under the sun or in a mechanical dryer.

Cool and remove seed coats.
2. Combine pilinut, sugar, water and corn syrup in a pan.
3. Cook over medium heat until syrup turns golden

brown or when threading occurs. Remove from heat.
4. Add margarine and mix well.
5. Add baking soda and stir thoroughly.
6. Spread on grease wooden board and cut while hot

into desired sizes.
7. Wrap in cellophane when cooled..

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PILI CAKE

Ingredients:
1 kilo pili (chopped)
2 can condensed milk
2 cups refined sugar
4 pcs. egg yolk

Procedure:
1. Mix ingredients all together.
2. Cook over moderate heat until thick.
3. Mold.
4. Bake until golden brown.
5. Cool.
6. Wrap in colored cellophane.

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FAQs

Is it okay to eat pili nuts everyday? ›

Because they are a high-fat food, Chan recommends eating pili nuts with a mix of other nuts and seeds. Limit consumption to three to five servings a week, and allow yourself no more than 28g to 42g per serving.

Why are pili nuts so expensive? ›

Unlike commercially grown nuts, our pili nuts are harvested in the wild by hand. For now, mechanical processing is not available for pili nuts due to the size of the trees and extremely hard shells. Pili nuts are extracted from pili fruit, and one fruit (also called a drupe) produces only one nut.

Are pili nuts the healthiest nut in the world? ›

The Nutritional Profile of Pili Nuts

In addition to being rich in fats and fair levels of protein, pili nuts are a perfect source of various exogenous amino acids. Moreover, they contain the highest amount of magnesium of all nuts.

What are pili nuts used for? ›

The nut is eaten raw, and the rind from the seeds is made into sweetmeats and molasses. The ground nuts are used to dress wounds. Vegetable ivory, the hard white part of the nut, takes a high polish and is used as a substitute for ivory, especially in the manufacture of buttons.

What are the side effects of eating pili nuts? ›

Risks and Side Effects

Like other types of nuts, such as cashews, walnuts and almonds, pili nuts are considered a type of tree nut. This means that those with a tree nut allergy should steer clear of pili nuts, as they may cause serious side effects such as nausea, diarrhea, stomach pain and swelling.

Are pili nuts inflammatory? ›

Pili nuts are rich in antioxidants, making them a natural anti-inflammatory substance. Inflammation occurs in the body due to the oxidative stress generated by the free radicals. The antioxidants produced by pili seeds eliminate these free radicals. It, in turn, reduces the inflammation in the body.

What is the most expensive nut in the world? ›

Macademia nuts, that are said to be world's most expensive nuts come with an array of benefits. Renowned Nutritionist Kavita Devgan elaborates on the health benefits of macadamia nuts, shedding light on their potential to enhance our vitality and contribute to a balanced lifestyle.

Can you eat pili nuts raw? ›

Pili—pronounced “peeley”—is a distinctive, tear-shaped nut native to Southeast Asia and the Pacific islands. It's here that roasted, fried, and sugared varieties of pili can be found for sale on nearly every street. When consumed raw, pili nuts have a light flavor reminiscent of sunflower seeds.

Is pili nuts only in the Philippines? ›

many areas of the Old World tropics of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines, only the Philippines produces and processes pili nuts commercially. 617,317 bearing trees and 160,483 non-bearing trees.

What is the most unhealthy nut? ›

BHF dietitian Victoria Taylor says:

Brazil nuts, cashews and macadamia nuts are higher in saturated fat. Too much of this can contribute to raised cholesterol levels, so only eat them occasionally. Chestnuts are an exception – they're lower in all types of fats and higher in starchy carbohydrate than other nuts.

What happened to pili nuts after Shark Tank? ›

Since he appeared on "Shark Tank," Thomas' attempts to mainstream the pili nut have been featured in a variety of different publications, including Vogue and Paleo Magazine Radio. In fact, the business has become a hit with the paleo, keto, and vegan communities.

What are the 3 healthiest nuts to eat? ›

Most nuts appear to be generally healthy. But some may have more heart-healthy nutrients than others. For example, walnuts contain high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids. Almonds, macadamia nuts, hazelnuts and pecans also appear to be quite heart healthy.

What is the English name for pili nuts? ›

In English, the Pili Nut tree (pronounced peely) is technically called Canarium Ovatum. However, the word pili also translates to Chosen One.

What is another name for pili nuts? ›

Canarium ovatum, also known as Philippine nut and pili nut, is a dioecious tree species belonging to the Burseraceae family.

How do you activate pili nuts? ›

Pili nuts are essentially the seeds of a Pili tree. When you soak the seeds in water it activates the germination or sprouting process. The raw nut in its dormant form becomes activated with enough 'life force' to be able to grow into a tree under the right conditions.

Are pili nuts good for your kidneys? ›

An ounce of pili nuts also contains 17 percent of the daily value of phosphorus, a mineral that helps keep your bones and teeth strong and filters waste out of your kidneys.

What is the number one healthiest nut in the world? ›

1. Almonds. Relatively low in calories, almonds are an excellent food for health due to their protein, fiber, vitamins, and minerals. One serving of 23 whole almonds contains:3.

What nuts are safe to eat everyday? ›

Recommended daily serving of nuts
  • 30 almonds.
  • 10 Brazil nuts.
  • 15 cashews.
  • 20 hazelnuts.
  • 15 macadamias.
  • 15 pecans.
  • 2 tablespoons pine nuts.
  • 30 pistachios.

Are pili nuts good for the heart? ›

Supports Heart Health

Pili nuts contain high amounts of monounsaturated fats and Vitamin E, both of which are recognized for lowering the risk of heart disease.

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