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Pistachio cream

Name: Pistachio cream
Prep time: 33 min
Total time: 33 min
Yield: 700 g
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 200 g butter; 200 g pistachio powder or paste; 2 eggs; 1 tablespoon cornflour; 1 tablespoon rum; 200 g confectioner's custard (crème pâtissière, or french pastry 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.

321 K 6× 3.9/5 (75 reviews)

35 min.

Easy

3.95 €

700 g

6 Ingredients

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

Times for this recipe

Preparation: 35 min.

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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.

Keeping: Several days in the fridge, in a closed jar.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	130 RDI=50 %	400 RDI=40 %	350 RDI=50 %	2,980 RDI=150 %	12,470 RDI: 150 %
Per 100 g	20 RDI=7 %	50 RDI=5 %	50 RDI=7 %	410 RDI=20 %	1,710 RDI: 20 %

Possible allergens in this recipe: milk, Nuts, egg

How much will it cost?

For 700 g : 3.95 €

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The 6 comments already posted on this recipe

Yes, you can.
Posted by jh march 30^th 2021 at 13:51 n° 6
Same as frangipane is almond cream + custard, do you think one could make a pistachio cream by stopping before Stage 3?
Posted by Horacio march 30^th 2021 at 11:16 n° 5
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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