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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Roast chicken recipes
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 recipes
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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Waffle recipes
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 recipes
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 recipes
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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Biscuit recipes
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 cake recipes
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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Easter dessert recipes
Dark chocolate bark with sea salt, rosemary, pistachios and candied citrus
Take a bite out of dark chocolate bark studded with pistachios, rosemary-flavoured salt and little bursts of candied peel.
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Quick and easy dessert recipes
Sweet filo triangles with cardamom, clementine and pistachios
Fragrant cardamom, sticky citrus, crunchy nuts and crisp pastry – this beautiful, festive dessert can be put together in the time it takes to bake the filo.
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Diwali recipes
Coconut, saffron and pistachio barfi
Cooking and sharing Indian sweets are the essence of Diwali, says Maunika Gowardhan, who shares her creamy pistachio barfi recipe.
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Rhubarb recipes
Rhubarb and pistachio syrup cake
This fragrant rhubarb cake has a golden sponge with rhubarb folded in. Douse with rhubarb syrup and sprinkle with pistachios to serve.
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Christmas chocolate recipes
Chocolate and pistachio tiffin
Our rich chocolate and pistachio tiffin is filled with nuts, dried fruit and biscuits and topped with a thick layer of milk chocolate.
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Easy cake recipes
Rose and pistachio cake with cardamom toffee sauce
Chetna Makan's delicate rose and pistachio cake is delicious on its own, but you won't be able to resist pouring cardamon toffee sauce on top.
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Make-ahead Christmas starters
Potted duck with pistachio
This pimped potted duck starter is easy to make ahead of time and will lend a French bistro vibe to your next dinner party.
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Christmas starter recipes
Chicken and pork terrine with whisky, cranberries and pistachios
This chicken and pork terrine with whisky, cranberries and pistachios offer layers of festive flavour and will leave you and your guests wanting another.
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