Top 20 Pistachio recipes

Rich flourless bittersweet chocolate cakes molded in heart shapes, served on a silky pistachio custard sauce. An elegant make-ahead French-inspired dessert that chills for 24 hours before its grand reveal.

Pistachio cheesecake uses instant pudding mix for guaranteed green color and nutty flavor, baked in a graham cracker crust with a glossy sour cream topping. A no-fuss cheesecake that delivers showstopper presentation.

Classic French chicken liver pate with cognac, cream, butter, and fine spices. Marinated in cream overnight, blanched four times, then processed silky smooth.

Frozen white chocolate mousse cake with a vanilla wafer crust, Grand Marnier whipped cream, chopped pistachios, and fresh raspberry sauce. An elegant make-ahead dessert.

Fig and pistachio quick bread with dried figs soaked in boiling water and crunchy pistachios. A dense, honey-sweet loaf that improves overnight.

Bourekakia - Greek honey nut rolls in phyllo dough with cinnamon, orange zest, and a hot honey-lemon syrup. Crispy, buttery pastry spirals soaked in sweet syrup like baklava.

Three-layer pistachio cake with white chocolate buttercream, orange zest, and almond extract. A showstopper dessert with chopped pistachios pressed into the frosting.

Passover loukoumades are Greek-Jewish fried dough balls made with matzo meal instead of flour, soaked in spiced orange-lemon syrup and crowned with crushed pistachios.

Casareccio is a rustic Italian wholewheat bread made with biga starter, yielding 3 crusty loaves with a chewy crumb. Fold in walnuts, pistachios, or black olives for your own twist.

Pistachio sugar cookies: buttery rolled sugar cookies topped with chopped pistachios pressed into the surface before baking. Crisp, delicate, and elegant with a nutty crunch on every cookie.

Semolina pastries stuffed with pistachios, cinnamon, and sugar, then dipped in orange flower water and rolled in powdered sugar. A Middle Eastern-style cookie.

Paneer Patties in Orange Perfumed Cream Sauce (Ras Malai) recipe

Chocolate silk pudding with cocoa, three types of milk, egg yolks, and gelatin. A pot de creme-style dessert that sets overnight into a dense, velvety custard.

Dessert pizza topped with homemade pistachio custard cream and fresh fruit. A from-scratch pistachio milk custard spread over a baked pizza shell.

Persian crusty rice (tahdig) with saffron, cinnamon, orange zest, pistachios, and golden raisins. A showstopping basmati rice with the prized golden crust broken over fluffy steamed grains.