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Pistachio cream

Very similar to almond cream, pistachio cream is ideal for filling or topping all kinds of cakes and tarts. Just like almond cream, it swells during cooking.

157,750 44.3/5 for 36 ratings

Last modified on: October 4^th 2012

For 700 g, you will need:

1 200 g butter
2 200 g Pistachio powder or paste
3 2 eggs
4 1 tablespoon cornflour
5 1 tablespoon rum
6 200 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream)
Total weight: 730 grams

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Time required

Preparation	Start to finish
33 min.	33 min.

Keeping:

Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put 200 g butter cut into small pieces in the bowl of the mixer and 200 g Pistachio powder or paste, and knead briefly on low speed to soften.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Add 2 eggs and knead again on medium speed for 5 minutes.

Add 1 tablespoon cornflour and 1 tablespoon rum, then continue mixing for a further 5 minutes.

Stage 3 - 15 min.

Continue mixing and incorporate 200 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream) a tablespoonful at a time.

Continue mixing until the mixture becomes fairly light in texture (about 10 minutes).

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Keep refrigerated in a sealed container.

Remarks

This cream will keep for a few days in the fridge in a sealed container, but it also freezes well. You can then take out of the freezer just the quantity you need for your recipe.

Nutritional information

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 700 g : 5.41 €

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Source

Home made.

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	Pistachio powder or paste: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio custard tart, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Sicilian Epiphany Pie, Pistachio ice cream, Pistachio shortbread biscuits, ... All
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	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cannelés, Sausage buckwheat pancakes, Stuffed cabbage leaves, Hachis parmentier : meat with mashed potato and cheese, Shortcrust pastry (pâte brisée), ... All

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Your 4 comments or questions on this recipe

you forgot to add the pistachio powder to your recipe!!!
Posted by aishah october 3^rd 2012 at 20:43 (n° 1)
Oups! OK now corrected, thank you for the warning.
Posted by jh october 4^th 2012 at 08:21 (n° 2)
there is no heat in these recipe ? how is that with the eggs in there
Posted by lug june 24^th 2014 at 17:29 (n° 3)
This is because the cream is for cooking in recipes.
Posted by jh june 25^th 2014 at 09:00 (n° 4)

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