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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.

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Last modified on: October 4^th 2012

Keywords for this recipe:Cream Pistachio Frangipane Stuffing Pastry

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 for this recipe:

Preparation	Start to finish
33 min.	33 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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,984 Kcal or 8,307 Kj	31 gr	68 gr	203 gr
99 %	12 %	6 %	31 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
272 Kcal or 1,139 Kj	4 gr	9 gr	28 gr
14 %	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 : 3.30 £

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond tuiles, Citrus tart, Scallops with sorrel and Noilly Prat, Dublin fruit scones, Almond mug cake for Mary, ... All
	Pistachio powder or paste: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mini apricot and pistachio brioches, Pistachio ice cream, Pistachio "Financiers", Crusty pistachio, almond and apricot flan, Pistachio tiramisu, ... All
	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 tart, Pear verbena tarts, Saint Honoré cake, Peach and green tea tart, Millefeuille, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fried egg in bread, Piedmont pyramids, Chocolate sweetcrust pastry, Spinach fritters, Chocolate tart, ... All

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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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