69 pistachio recipes

Creamy vanilla fudge scented with aromatic cardamom and studded with walnuts and pistachios. Traditional candy thermometer fudge with exotic spice.

Gujarati-style roasted potato salad with toasted mustard seeds, cumin, lemon juice, and pistachio garnish. An Indian-spiced twist on potato salad that's warm, vibrant, and completely mayo-free.

Silky Middle Eastern milk pudding with slivered almonds, cardamom, and saffron. Elegant chilled dessert (firnee) garnished with bright green pistachios.

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.

Gelo di Mellone, a traditional Sicilian watermelon pudding thickened with cornstarch, studded with pistachios, chocolate, and candied citron, finished with cinnamon.

Syros Island nougat is a traditional Greek confection of whipped egg whites, honey, and sugar syrup folded with toasted pistachios. Chewy, fragrant, and wrapped in wax paper like a gift from a Mediterranean candy shop.

Sandwiches glace: vintage party canape with rye bread, smoked ham, sour cream cheddar spread, and a gelatin-mayonnaise glaze. A mid-century tea-party classic.

Shereen Polo is a Persian jeweled rice pilau with saffron, julienned carrots, orange peel, almonds, pistachios, and rose water in sugar syrup. Served with crispy tahdig and a side of chicken stew.

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.

A vegan cima roll: pureed tofu wrapped around a colorful filling of seitan, spinach, roasted red peppers, pistachios, and peas, then steamed into a sliceable log. Plant-based Italian showpiece.

Try this scrumptious side dish made with pistachio nuts, cinnamon and rosewater syrup.

Gelatin-based Turkish candy cubes infused with orange, lemon, or raspberry, studded with pistachios and rolled in confectioners' sugar. The perfect companion to strong Greek coffee.

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.

Fresh orange supremes folded into strained yogurt with honey, cardamom, coriander, and cloves, topped with chopped pistachios. A light, elegant no-cook dessert.

Orange chocolate truffles, a cream-based ganache with fresh orange zest and extract, rolled into four different coatings: ground pistachios, cocoa powder, shredded coconut, and chocolate jimmies. Easy holiday candy.

Homemade hazelnut liqueur infused with vodka, vanilla bean, and allspice. A DIY Frangelico-style spirit that steeps for five weeks and makes a great homemade gift.