Secret #7: Make an Expensive Ingredient Affordable

With pine nuts at $35 per pound, we wondered if it made any sense at all to make a butter out of them. Then we tasted it: the richest, most indulgent nut butter ever, and satisfying in minuscule bits, so that a little 2- or 3-ounce jar makes a fine food gift, like a present of caviar.

We took an insanely expensive ingredient and found that it makes a treat so rich that it's actually affordable. 

View Recipe: Roasted Pine Nut Butter