Pistachio recipes
Add a sprinkling of pistachios to sweet and savoury dishes with these delicious pistachio recipes. The creamy green nuts make a brilliant addition to all sorts of bakes and puds. Try our towering pistachio layer cake, buttery pistachio biscuits or creamy rice pudding.
Pistachios also add a nutty dimension to all sorts of savoury dishes, like our halloumi and pistachio nut loaf or incredible roast chicken with herbs and pistachio pesto.
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Best Easter cakes
Baklava dome cake
This baklava-inspired dome cake is covered in pistachio icing, concealing walnut sponges sandwiched with pistachio paste and raspberry cream.
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Rhubarb
Rhubarb and pistachio millionaires’ shortbread
Swap caramel for rhubarb in this light, colourful take on millionaire's shortbread. Sprinkle the chocolate topping with green pistachios.
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Ramadan
Nadiya Hussain’s samsas (sweet nutty samosas)
Nadiya Hussain shares her recipe for samsa. These sweet versions of samosas are stuffed with nuts and fruit and often served during Ramadan.
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Swede
Swede, kale and ditaloni broth with pistachio pistou
A pistachio, parsley and lemon pistou adds a verdant vibrancy to this one-pot pasta and kale broth. A hearty yet light winter dinner.
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Fudge
Sri Lankan milk toffee (kiri aluwa)
Milk toffee (kiri aluwa) is similar to Scottish tablet: a fudge-like treat made from condensed milk and topped with nuts. Heaven!
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Celebrity chef Christmas recipes
Philip Khoury’s pistachio, chocolate and cherry yule log
Create a magical woodland scene with this yule log from Phill Khoury. The pistachio sponge is studded with cherries and coated with ganache.
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Rhubarb
Rhubarb and pink grapefruit possets with poppy seed and pistachio shortbread
These possets make the most of winter’s citrus and the pleasant tang of rhubarb. An impressive make-ahead dessert for Christmas entertaining.
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Sea bass
Sea bass with pistachios, pine nuts and sun-dried tomatoes
Top sea bass fillets with a pistachio and sun-dried tomato crumb, and serve with discs of golden potatoes in this healthy dinner recipe.
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Roast chicken
Roast chicken with pistachios and sour cherries
Claire Thomson's one-pan roast chicken is packed with aromatic ingredients from the Middle East: fruity sumac, pistachios and sour cherries.
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Pistachio
Lebanese syllabub with ghraybeh (pistachio biscuits)
Food writer Angela Zaher gives the traditional dessert syllabub a Lebanese twist with arak and orange blossom. Serve with pistachio biscuits.
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Waffles
Waffles with caramelised clementines and pistachios
Sticky caramelised clementines and crunchy pistachios top fluffy buttermilk waffles in this festive brunch recipe.
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Pistachio
Salted pistachio and lime ice cream
Our salted pistachio ice cream recipe is an easy upgrade on a holiday fave. Salt opens up your palette to taste more of the toasty pistachios.
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Patisserie
Choux buns with raspberry, rose and pistachio
These choux buns are filled with a silky pistachio cream and a sharp raspberry and rose coulis – plus a pretty speckled craquelin on top.
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Biscuits
Lemon and pistachio shortbread biscuits
Crumbly, buttery shortbread is lightened with lemon and given a nutty richness thanks to plenty of pistachios. The perfect teatime treat.
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Celebration cakes
Pistachio layer cake with cream cheese frosting
This magnificent pistachio cake combines a light and nutty sponge with a decadently rich cream cheese icing!
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