Their gorgeous green hue and creamy texture make pistachios the perfect pick for your desserts. Sprinkle atop your favourite cakes for an Instagram-worthy treat or chop finely and mix into a traditional baklava for a delicious sweet snack. Get fancy for afternoon tea with our French macarons and melt-in-your-mouth shortbread biscuits or serve up our pistachio almond cake for a show-stopping dessert. The choices are endless!
Would you prefer almond desserts or walnut desserts?
Rose and pistachio layer cake
Perfect for Mother’s Day, birthdays, or special afternoon teas.
Baklava
Go nuts for this sweet Middle Eastern dessert.
Gluten free pistachio and lemon sandwich biscuits
The perfect morning tea biscuit you’ll come to love!
Vegan overnight jasmine tea and lemon curd scrolls
Worth the wait!
Rice pudding with poached rhubarb and plums
A creamy dessert that’s vegan friendly.
Pistachio and lemon curd cake
Crunchy pistachios and a tangy homemade lemon curd come together in perfect harmony to create this beautiful cake.
Sugar-free biscotti with dried fruit
Perfect with a cuppa. Packed with dried fruit and no added sugar, you can have your treat and eat it too!
Peach and pistachio cake pots
Put this season’s stone fruit to use with these adorable peach cake pots.
Pistachio and almond cake with poached persimmons
Wonderfully light and fragrant, this beautiful pistachio and almond cake goes perfectly topped with crunchy flaked almonds and sweet and syrupy persimmons. Your weekend baking project is sorted!
Pistachio white chocolate and honey French macarons
These pistachio and white chocolate honey French macarons are quite possibly the perfect edible present. The flavour is unique and quite delicate. Make sure your pistachios are ground finely for a perfect result.
Pistachio and apricot baklava cake
With all the well loved flavours of baklava layered between moist cake, this tastes as good as it looks.
Pistachio, pink pepper & rose petal bark
These pretty shards may look and taste like you’ve spent a long time in the kitchen but in fact they’re a brilliant cheat’s cookie, utilising bought savoury crackers, dark chocolate and a sprinkling of exotic ingredients.
Salted pistachio truffles
This delicious chocolate truffles recipe is perfect for creating edible food gifts, or to add to a decadent dessert spread, or decorate a cake.
Pistachio shortcakes with strawberry compote
Crumbly, golden shortcakes are filled with a generous dollop of thickened cream and sweet strawberry halves for a memorable high tea treat or a quick and easy springtime dessert.
Christmas chocolate nut salami
Changing everything you’ve ever known about salami, this recipe is made entirely of tawny, dark chocolate, nuts and dried fruit. It’s beautiful served sliced as part of an indulgent fruit and cheese spread. When wrapped it makes a great gift, too.
Ginger, pear and pistachio crumbles
No need to feel guilty about having dessert! This delicious pear and nut crumble can be adapted for vegan and paleo diets.
Pistachio and pomegranate cakes
Sweet and nutty – these picture-perfect pistachio and pomegranate cakes (now there’s a mouthful!), are simply divine! Enjoy for dessert or as a sweet afternoon tea treat!
Pistachio friands with honey pistachio syrup
These delightful pistachio friands with honey pistachio syrup are sweet, nutty, and fluffy. These go perfectly with a hot cuppa for morning or afternoon tea.
Chocolate pistachio puddings with chocolate fudge sauce
Chocoholics beware – you are sure to go nuts over these indulgent puddings sprinkled with wholesome pistachios and showered in a rich chocolate fudge sauce.
Cranberry and pistachio rocky road
Transform this renowned chocolate pleasure with healthy cranberries and wholesome pistachios – then indulge relatively guilt-free.
Ginger and pistachio slice
Serve this slice with coffee after your main, or save for morning tea.
Melt-in-the-mouth pistachio shortbread
Uncooked dough suitable to freeze. Not suitable to microwave. Store biscuits in an airtight container at room temperature for up to one week. Note
Pistachio and cranberry nougat
A candy/sugar thermometer will reach 160°C when the syrup is ready. Note
Chocolate pistachio tart
Rich and very chocolatey, the ground pistachios give this stylish tart a dense, moist texture.
Dark chocolate and pistachio toffee brittle
Candy and brittle of all kinds make excellent gifts, or treats to have on hand during holiday seasons.
Pistachio buttercake with orange honey syrup
Nobody was terribly surprised when this pistachio buttercake with orange honey syrup made the Australian Women’s Weekly’s Top 10 cakes list.
Almond, date and pistachio tart
Filled with almond frangipane and sweet dates, this stunning tart is absolutely delicious served with whipped cream and a pot of hot coffee.
Quince and pistachio cake
With hints of cardamom and orange, this rustic cake is delicious for a winter afternoon tea or dessert. Cardamom is one of the world’s most expensive spices; it has a distinctive aromatic, sweetly rich flavour and is widely available.
Chocolate pistachio shortbread
Give your traditional shortbread a twist with this chocolate pistachio shortbread recipe from the Women’s Weekly! Delicious as an afternoon tea treat, or wrapped in cellophane for homemade Christmas food gift.
Apricot and pistachio tart
If in season, use halved and seeded fresh apricots. Note
Rosewater and pistachio cheesecake cups
Persian fairy floss, also called Pashmak is available from delis and specialist food shops. If unavailable, ordinary fairy floss can be used. Note
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