59 pistachio nut recipes

Pistachio salad (Watergate salad): the retro fluffy green potluck classic with instant pistachio pudding, crushed pineapple, marshmallows, and whipped topping. Five ingredients, no cooking.

Crispy fried pastries shaped like elephant ears, dusted with cardamom sugar and toasted pistachios. Afghan teatime treats that puff up golden and shatter when you bite in.

Classic Indian mango lassi: ripe mango pulp blended with yogurt, milk, and sugar, served chilled over crushed ice with ground pistachios on top. The original tropical smoothie.

Pistachio kulfi pops made the traditional Indian way: whole milk slowly reduced to a concentrated, caramelized base, then frozen with chopped pistachios. No ice cream maker required.

Cherry-pistachio biscotti studded with tart dried cherries and bright green pistachios, brightened with lime zest and twice-baked to that classic dunkable crunch. Holiday cookie tin material.

I always do them, not only at Chrsitmas, sometimes I change some kinds of nuts, or use blueberries or strawberries, all go well!

Delicate butter cookies studded with ground pistachios, shaped into little fingers, and dusted with powdered sugar for melt-in-your-mouth holiday treats.

Indian lassi panna cotta: silky Italian-style set cream infused with cardamom and rose water, topped with crushed pistachios and toasted coconut. A cross-cultural make-ahead dessert.

Mango kulfi frozen dessert made with fresh mango puree, whipped cream, gelatin, and ground roasted pistachios. An Indian ice cream that's creamier and denser than regular ice cream, no machine needed.

Red grapes with a creamy banana-yogurt sauce spiked with rum, served in wine glasses with mint or pistachios. A healthy, elegant no-cook dessert in 10 minutes.

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

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.

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.

Besan barfi made with toasted chickpea flour, cardamom, pistachios, and almonds. This traditional Indian sweet uses a one-thread sugar syrup for fudge-like texture.

Kaymakli kayisi, the Turkish cream-filled apricot dessert: dried apricots simmered in lemon syrup, then sandwiched around almond-flecked whipped cream and crowned with chopped pistachios.

Chocolate pistachio meringue cookies with finely ground pistachios and semi-sweet chocolate folded into stiff egg white peaks. Light, crisp, naturally gluten-free, and just 6 ingredients.