Bulghur Flan with Pine Kernels

When I lived in Syria as a child, a regular Sunday outing used to be to drive over the border into the Lebanon and have a picnic in some pine woods. As a result I associate pine kernels more than anything with Lebanese food, although they are used all over the Middle East. Bulghur (cracked wheat) is another Lebanese favourite, and this combination of cracked wheat and lamb, enhanced by cumin and mint and topped with golden pine kernels, was one of my favourite tastes when I lived in that pa