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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

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For 350 g, you will need:

1 100 g butter
2 100 g Pistachio powder or paste
3 1 Egg
4 ½ tablespoon cornflour
5 ½ tablespoon rum
6 100 g Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream)
Total weight: 365 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

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33 min.	33 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put 100 g butter cut into small pieces in the bowl of the mixer and 100 g Pistachio powder or paste, and knead briefly on low speed to soften.

Stage 2 - 10 min.

Add 1 Egg and knead again on medium speed for 5 minutes.

Add ½ tablespoon cornflour and ½ tablespoon rum, then continue mixing for a further 5 minutes.

Stage 3 - 15 min.

Continue mixing and incorporate 100 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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,489 Kcal or 6,234 Kj	65 gr	200 gr	176 gr
74 %	25 %	19 %	27 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
408 Kcal or 1,708 Kj	18 gr	55 gr	48 gr
20 %	7 %	5 %	7 %

% 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).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Nuts, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 350 g : 1.97 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Poppy seed and lemon cake, Citrus tart, Victoria pineapple and lime tarts, Sauce Normande (for fish), Autumn apple and plum crumble pie, ... All
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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: Diplomat cream, Almond cream or frangipane, Strawberry Verveine Tart , Pear and chocolate tart with a hint of mint, Pains briochés aux raisins, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Strawberry, kiwi and mascarpone verrines, Chocolate cake, Fish Mousselines, Crunchy salad, Tarte Normande, ... All

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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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