Canarium ovatum

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Pili
Pili nut (Canarium ovatum).jpg
Unshelled pili nuts from the Philippines
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C. ovatum
Binomial name
Canarium ovatum

Roasted pili nuts are a commercially available product. The nuts are extremely rich and buttery, reminescent of Macadamia nuts, but a different shape and softer. They are similar to candlenuts as well. They have a soft, almost flaky crunch.

Roasted pili nut butter is also delicious, similar to peanut butter but with a darker color and the property that it softens quite a lot and becomes shiny when heated, like melting chocolate.

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