Pistachios recipes

Pasteli me Fistikia, a traditional Greek candy with roasted pistachios set in a honey-sugar brittle. Four ingredients and a candy thermometer for an authentic Mediterranean sweet.

Pistachio and white chocolate cookies with brown sugar, butter-flavored shortening, and toasted pistachios. Chewy or crisp by choice, the classic holiday cookie tin upgrade.

Baked salmon fillets topped with pistachio-basil compound butter made from pistachios, fresh basil, garlic, and lime juice. Baked in white wine for an elegant, easy dinner.

Dry-roasted almonds and pistachios get ground into a silky cream sauce perfumed with saffron threads, coriander, and warm spices for draping over grilled meats or simmering with meatballs.

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.

A marbled bundt cake made with yellow cake mix, pistachio pudding, orange juice, and chocolate syrup, topped with a cocoa glaze. Semi-homemade and gorgeous with minimal effort.

Broiled French bread slathered with pistachio compound butter seasoned with lemon, oregano, and garlic. Crunchy, buttery, and on the table in 15 minutes flat.

Pistachio cake doctored from a white cake mix with pistachio pudding, walnuts, and a tangy cream cheese frosting. The retro green Bundt cake that's been a potluck favorite for decades.

Medallions of Veal with Pistachio Butter Sauce recipe

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

North Indian almond pistachio saffron curry sauce with dry-roasted nuts, cardamom, mace, and heavy cream simmered into a luxurious, golden coating for grilled meats and chicken.

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.

Moroccan chicken with pistachios, dried apricots, pine nuts, and cinnamon over rice, finished with rosewater and edible flower petals. An aromatic, jewel-toned one-dish dinner.

Irmik helvasi: Turkish semolina halva infused with saffron milk, butter-toasted pistachios, and sweetened with sugar. A warm, fragrant dessert ready in 30 minutes.

Traditional Persian tahdig rice with saffron, cinnamon, pistachios, golden raisins, and candied orange zest. Fluffy basmati on top, shatteringly crisp golden crust on the bottom.

Grilled beef tenderloin steaks with a roasted garlic red wine reduction, pressed into a pistachio and sunflower seed crust. Restaurant-quality steak at home.