Walnut
Juglans regia · Nut
Top 10 pairings
Wrinkled and brain-shaped, this rich, buttery tree nut has a thin brown skin with a gentle, astringent bitterness. Raw or toasted, it goes into everything from baklava to blue-cheese salads, and is made into oil.
Picking a good onedrag
New crop, heavy and sweetStale, then rancid
Shop-freshEveryday bestGrind for sauces, toast for baking. Shell only what you need; store away from onions.
The shellDuller, a little weather-staining
Heft and rattleSolid, the faintest shift inside
Crack one openA shade amber, skin still intact
Smell the kernelQuieter, still clean and buttery
What you get from one
45%
Edible part
4 g of kernel · the shell is 55% of the nut
8.9 g
Weight each
each one