Although almonds and walnuts obtain their fair proportion of admiration, the intense, funky pistachio is arguably probably the most versatile nut in your pantry. Nice as a snack on their very own, these nuts also can coat meat and poultry, gown up a easy sandwich, and improve any and each dessert. Even higher, their vibrant inexperienced hue turns the only deal with into a surprising dessert. So refill, shell away, and provides pistachios the reward they deserve with these candy and savory recipes. —Taylor Schwartz
1. Strawberry & Pistachio Knafeh Cookies
PIstachios aren’t all that lovely used entire. It’s whenever you expose that saturated inexperienced inside that issues actually get going, as in these no-bake cookies (together with rose petals and melted white chocolate) they’re merely beautiful.
2. Smoky Eggplant With Whipped Ricotta & Pistachios
Summer season begins with this starter. Eggplant, which is in season all summer season lengthy, is reduce in half and grilled till charred on the skin and completely tender within the center. It’s then served over a mattress of whipped ricotta and sprinkled with pistachios.
3. No-Bake Pistachio Mini Cheesecakes
When you may’t bear the considered turning in your oven and making your walk-up condominium hotter than it already is (sorry, I’m making this about me), there are these simple particular person cheesecakes which might be made in muffin tins.
4. Nectarine & Pistachio Crumble
You requested for fruit crumble and we delivered in an enormous means: with a pistachio streusel sprinkled generously over the stone fruit filling.
5. Pistachio Cookies (Pastine di Pistacchi)
These conventional Sicilian cookies solely want seven substances, however every one is simply as vital as the following—pistachios deliver colour and physique, sugar and honey work in tandem to make these candy, and the zest of oranges and lemons introduce some wanted brightness.
6. Meals-Processor Pistachio Cake With Raspberry Cream
A fluffy, moist cake that’s not made in a stand mixer? You higher imagine it. There’s loads of pistachio paste on this recipe, which not solely offers the cake its earthy inexperienced hue, but additionally brings nutty taste to each chunk.
7. Lacy Honey-Pistachio Florentines (aka Nutty Nudes)
Florentine cookies are notoriously intimidating and fragile in nature, however Rick Martinez affords a convincing case for why you need to make them anyway: They require fundamental pantry substances, will be made in a single bowl, and are scrumptious when made with any type of chocolate.
8. Mint-Pistachio Pesto
Our readers voted this their favourite recipe made with mint, however we additionally assume it’s top-of-the-line recipes made with pistachios. This pesto is barely chunkier than basic basil pesto, however we love the feel (particularly when twirled into pasta or smeared on crostini).
9. Asparagus Pasta with Pistachio Aillade
We welcome spring with open arms and this green-as-can-be pasta dish. Along with the pistachios, tarragon, parsley, asparagus, and spring onions be part of forces for one zippy recipe.
10. Chocolate-Dunked Pistachio Shortbread
I can’t consider any cookie that doesn’t profit from being dipped in chocolate. We love how the colourful inexperienced pistachios look towards the darkish chocolate and buttery shortbread cookie.
11. Pistachio Cake with Lemon, Cardamom, and Rose Water
Equal components of floor pistachios and almond flour type the bottom for this positively beautiful lemon-rose cake that tastes like how a sunny, 60-degree spring day feels.
12. Fried Feta With Pistachios & Sizzling Honey
In the same format to halloumi or your favourite cheese ball, a block of feta is crusted with dried herbs, pistachios, sizzling honey, and lemon juice. Serve with loads of pita or crostini as a result of everybody will wish to attempt it.
13. Pistachio Cream Puffs
Confession: I’ve by no means baked cream puffs earlier than. It’s not that they’re unappealing to me, I swear. It’s simply that they’re a bit of fussy and fewer sensible than a batch of cookies and even cupcakes. However go away it to Erin Jeanne McDowell to persuade me in any other case.
14. Jeweled Butter Cookies
Extra chocolate-dipped cookies for the win—this time impressed by your favourite fruitcake!
15. Olive Oil Blondies With Salted Caramel
You undoubtedly don’t want so as to add chopped nuts like pistachios to those wealthy blondies…however you undoubtedly ought to anyway.
16. Scallop Carpaccio
Scallops are greatest after they’re barely cooked—or on this case, served thinly sliced and completely uncooked, solely to be dressed up with pistachios, arugula, pomegranate seeds, radishes, and a Dijon French dressing.
What’s your favourite means to make use of pistachios within the kitchen? Share your go-to candy and savory recipes within the feedback beneath!