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We know everyone enjoys eating pistachios out of the shell as a nutritious snack, but more and more individuals are enjoying these nuts in fine recipes. We hope you will too. Table of ContentsPistachio Nut Butter Add2 cups pistachio nuts raw meats, ¼ to ½ teaspoon salt,1 tablespoon sugar. Turn processor on in continuous mode. Add canola oil (1 tablespoon at a time) to achieve desired smoothness and creaminess. (Store in refrigerator) Winter Glazed Pistachio Rum Cake
Combine margarine, both sugars and lemon rind into large mixing bowl. Beat until smooth and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. In a small mixing bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and cloves. Add flour mixture and buttermilk, alternately, to the butter mixture. Stir in rum and pistachios. Pour batter into a well-greased 10-inch bundt pan. Bake at 325°°F for 50 minutes. Cool on wire rack 10 minutes. Turn out of pan and glaze while hot. Glaze: Melt 2 tablespoons of margarine or butter in small saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir in ¼ cup rum and 2 cups sifted powdered sugar. Mix well. Stir in ½ cup pistachios. Drizzle over warm cake. White Chocolate Pistachio Nut Cookies
Cream butter with sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and oats. Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture, mix well. Stir in chocolate chips and 1 cup pistachios. Drop batter by heaping teaspoons onto an ungreased cookie sheet allowing for spreading. Sprinkle and press the remaining pistachios on top of each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes until light golden. For chewy cookies, do not over bake. Let cool on cookie sheet to set. Makes 5 dozen. Pistachio Zucchini Nut Bread
Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease loaf pans. Beat eggs until light and foamy. Mix in separate bowl flour, baking soda, baking powder and cinnamon. Add flour mixture slowly to eggs and mix well. Add pistachios. Pour mixture into loaf pans. Bake for 1 hour or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Makes 2 loafs. Pistachio Valentine Cookies
Cream butter and sugar until light. Add egg and vanilla and mix well. Stir together flour and cornstarch. Gradually add to creamed mixture. Wrap dough and chill at least one hour. Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Roll dough to 1/8-inch thickness on floured board. Cut out cookies using a 2¼ to 2½ inch heart-shaped cutter. In half of the cookies cut a ¾ inch tiny heart out of the center. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet 8-10 minutes. Cool on wire rack. Melt chocolate. Brush onto solid cookies. Top with cooking boarder. Sprinkle chopped pistachios into heart-shaped “hole.” Makes 3 ½ dozen cookies. Pistachio Snowball Macaroons
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Combine coconut, powdered sugar, pistachios, flour and salt. Combine egg whites and vanilla, add to coconut mixture and mix thoroughly. Drop rounded teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheet end form into mound. Bake 15-17 minutes or until lightly browned. Makes about 3 dozen cookies. Pistachio Refrigerator Cookies
Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl. Sift and set aside. In another large bowl cream butter, sugar, egg, vanilla and almond extract until light and fluffy. Add green color and pistachio meats to about 1 cup of dough mixture. Form the green dough into a roll and chill. When dough firms, wrap white dough around green dough. Slice cookies 1/8 inch thick. Place on ungreased cookie sheet about 3 inches apart. Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 8-10 minutes. Dough may be rolled in chocolate or multicolored sprinkles before slicing and baking. Pistachio Orange Fluff
Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add orange juice and peel. Cook and stir over medium heat until thickened. Stir some of hot sauce into egg. Return to mixture in pan. Cook 1 minute longer. Cool. Fold in whipped cream and pistachios. Serve over assorted fruit or angel food cake. Garnish with additional pistachios. Makes 4-6 servings. Pistachio Holiday Pie
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Mix flour, pistachios and chocolate chips. Melt butter and set aside. Combine sugars with electric mixer and beat eggs in one at a time. Add vanilla and syrup and slowly drizzle in cooled, melted butter. Carefully stir in pistachio mixture and add bourbon. Pour into pie shell and bake for 45 minutes (or longer) until pie is almost set. It should be a little “gooey.” Slice it fairly thin and serve warm with whip cream. Makes 8 servings. Pistachio Cookie Bars
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking pan. Cream butter and sugars, then blend in egg and flavoring. Stir in flour and ½ cup pistachios and mix well. Pat into greased pan. Bake 20-25 minutes or until lightly browned. Melt chocolate morsels over hot water, carefully spread over hot cookie crust. Sprinkle with remaining pistachios. Cut into 1 x 2-inch bars. Makes about 5 ½ dozen cookies. Pistachio Salad (or Watergate)
Fold dry pudding mix into Cool Whip. Add the pineapple and juice, marshmallows and nuts. Mix and refrigerate. Makes 6 servings. Optional: Sliced bananas, coconut, chunky pineapples can be used with the crushed pineapple. For best results, add bananas just before serving. Serve as salad or dessert. Angelic Peach Pistachio Delight
Mix together pie filling (cutting peaches into bite size pieces), crushed pineapple, milk and pistachios. Add Cool Whip to desired consistency (about ¾ of a 12- ounce container). Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving. Jello Pistachio Pudding Cake
Combine all ingredients in large mixing bowl. Blend, then beat at medium speed of electric mixer for 2 minutes. Add pistachios and beat for an additional 2 minutes. Pour mixture into baking pan and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 45-50 minutes. Cool in pan for 15 minutes. Remove from pan. Finish cooling on rack. Sprinkle with confectioner’s sugar. Party Mix with PistachiosNeed an alternative to chips for that next football party? Try this party mix to get fans cheering. (Yield: 5 cups)
Heat together butter, Worcestershire sauce, sugar and bottled hot pepper sauce until butter melts. Combine remaining ingredients in 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan. Drizzle butter mixture over cereal mixture and toss lightly. Bake uncovered at 300 degrees F. for 1 hour or until crisp and lightly toasted. Stir every 15 minutes Oriental Pistachio Chicken
Season chicken breasts with garlic powder, paprika, salt and pepper. Sauté chicken in oil over medium-high heat. In saucepan, combine beef brother, cornstarch, wine and oyster sauce. Heat to boiling and simmer for 10 minutes. Add green onions and ¼ cup pistachios. Prepare rice according to package directions. Place noodles in serving dish and top with chicken breast and pour sauce over all. Garnish with additional pistachios. Pastina Pilaf
Prepare pasta as directed on package. Toss in butter, onion, pepper, peas, tomatoes, garlic and seasonings into casserole dish and sprinkle with shelling pistachios. Serve warm. This dish has a tendency to be bland. Spice it up with additional Italian spices. These recipes are availible below in .Pdf "(Arobat) or .Doc "(Word) format. The high desert climate in Arizona creates ideal conditions for producing pistachios that are greener, sweeter and distinctly finer than ordinary pistachios. Our nuts are grown on our 1,000-acre grove in Bowie, Arizona. The Arizona Pistachio Company harvests its more than 100,000 trees each fall to bring you these delectable nuts. But tasting is believing. We would like you to give our pistachios a try. Taste the difference. We know you will be satisfied! |
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