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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.

177,254 44.1/5 for 40 ratings

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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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How long does it take?

Time required for this recipe:

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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,292 Kcal or 9,596 Kj	31 gr	68 gr	203 gr
115 %	12 %	6 %	31 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
314 Kcal or 1,315 Kj	4 gr	9 gr	28 gr
16 %	2 %	1 %	4 %

% 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 : 3.93 €

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Source

Home made.

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	Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry Verveine Tart , Yvetot Douillons, Millefeuille, Paris-Brest, Strawberries with mint and cream, ... All
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Your 4 comments or questions on this recipe

This is because the cream is for cooking in recipes.
Posted by jh june 25^th 2014 at 09:00 (n° 4)
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)
Oups! OK now corrected, thank you for the warning.
Posted by jh october 4^th 2012 at 08:21 (n° 2)
You forgot to add the pistachio powder to your recipe!!!
Posted by aishah october 3^rd 2012 at 20:43 (n° 1)

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