🎄How To Eat Your Christmas Tree

by Julia Georgallis

Suzy Chase: I made your recipe for Pine Nut and Chocolate Brownies on page 94 of How To Eat Your Christmas Tree. Can you describe this recipe?

Julia Georgallis: That's a funny recipe actually, because I think a lot of people don't put two and two together that pine nuts are from a Christmas tree.

Suzy Chase: I know! Last night my husband and I were talking about it I said, Bob, have you ever made the connection from pine nuts to pine trees? And I thought, he'd be like, yeah, doesn't everyone? And he was like, no!

Julia Georgallis: No one does. It's so funny. That's why I love this recipe so much because it kind of draws people attention to the fact that the Christmas tree is a part of our lives all year round. But this, I mean, I love this recipe it's based on an Italian dessert called, Torta al Cioccolato con Pignoli and I love the fact that the combination of the oils in pine nut kind of make this brownie really, really fudgy and very creamy because pine nuts are quite creamy, so super easy to make. So you just need kind of a lovely dark chocolate, and handful of pine nuts and you end up with this really gooey brownie. It's great.