In general, Mediterranean cuisine is often added to meat, fish, in salads, vegetable dishes and desserts too sweet. In the Catalan and Valencian are often used in both sweet recipes, such as coca panellets pine nuts or, as in salads, like spinach a la catalana. They are an essential component of an Italian sauce, pesto. French southwest are typically used in salad Landes. In Greece and in the Maghreb are used, among other desserts, for some varieties of baklava.

For every 100 grams of pine nuts, the protein content is 31 grams, the highest proportion of any new or seed. They are also a source of fiber.