Pistachio Raisin Crisps Food

PISTACHIO PLUM CRISP

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• For the topping: Combine the flour, brown sugar, cardamom and salt in a medium bowl. Work the butter into the dry ingredients using your hands until completely incorporated (it will be soft and slightly sticky). Stir in 3/4 cup pistachios and set aside.
• For the filling: Toss the plums, granulated sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and rose water, if using, together in a 3-quart baking dish. Scatter the topping over the plums, then scatter the remaining 1/4 cup chopped pistachios on top.
• Bake until the fruit bubbles and the crumble is golden brown and crisped, 55 to 65 minutes. Let cool slightly before eating.

PISTACHIO DARK-CHOCOLATE CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle. Line a large baking sheet with parchment.
• Blend butter, brown sugar, flour, vanilla, salt, curry powder, and egg white in a food processor until smooth.
• Glue parchment down with a dab of batter in each corner, then spread remaining batter evenly into a 14- by 10-inch rectangle (1/8-inch-thick) on parchment with spatula. Scatter chocolate and nuts evenly over batter, then bake until firm and golden-brown, 18 to 20 minutes. Transfer, still on parchment, to a rack to cool completely. Remove from paper, breaking into pieces.

PISTACHIO CRISPS WITH MASCARPONE CHEESE AND GRAPE COMPOTE

Steps:

• For compote:
• Stir grapes and sugar in heavy large skillet to coat. Let stand 5 minutes. Add juice concentrate and spice powder. Bring to boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until syrup thickens enough to coat spoon, about 30 minutes. Pour compote into sieve set over medium bowl; drain grapes well. Transfer grapes to another medium bowl. Refrigerate grapes and syrup separately until cold, about 1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover each; keep refrigerated.)
• For mascarpone cream:
• Place mascarpone in small bowl; sift sugar over. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; stir to blend. Chill at least 1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and keep chilled.)
• For crisps:
• Line 2 large rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Blend powdered sugar and nuts in processor until nuts are finely chopped. Sprinkle 10-inch square area on work surface with 1/3 cup nut sugar; top with pastry sheet. Sprinkle pastry with 1/3 cup nut sugar. Roll out pastry to 12-inch square. Roll up into 12-inch-long log. Cut into sixteen 3/4-inch-wide rounds. Roll out each to 4-inch-diameter round, sprinkling with more nut sugar as needed to prevent sticking. Arrange rounds on prepared sheets. Cover and chill at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375°F. Bake pistachio rounds uncovered until brown on bottom and golden on top, reversing sheets after 10 minutes, about 16 minutes total. Transfer crisps to racks and cool. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.)
• Spread 2 tablespoons mascarpone cream on each of 8 crisps. Place on plates. Spoon cooked grapes atop cream. Cut 8 crisps in half. Drizzle each dessert with grape syrup, then garnish each with 2 crisp halves, grape cluster, and mint.
• *Italian cream cheese; available in the cheese department of many supermarkets and at Italian markets.

PISTACHIO PHYLLO CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Finely grind pistachios in an electric coffee/spice grinder, then stir in sugar.
• Cut phyllo sheet crosswise into 3 equal pieces, then stack pieces between wax paper and cover stack With a lightly dampened kitchen towel. Arrange 1 piece of phyllo on a parchment-paper-lined baking sheet and brush with some butter. Sprinkle with half of pistachio sugar and top with another piece of phyllo. Brush phyllo with some butter and sprinkle with remaining pistachio sugar. Top with remaining piece of phyllo, pressing down gently, and brush with some butter. Chill stack 10 minutes.
• Using rim of a ramekin as a guide, cut out 2 (4-inch) rounds with a sharp paring knife and discard scraps. Cover rounds with a piece of parchment and bake in middle of oven until golden, about 10 minutes. Cool crisps on baking sheet on a rack.

PISTACHIO-RAISIN CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan. In a bowl, combine flour, pistachios, raisins, seeds, brown sugar, salt, and baking soda. Stir in milk. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake until golden brown, about 50 minutes. Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Freeze at least 1 hour and up to 3 hours.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove loaf from pan. Using a serrated knife, cut into 1/8-inch slices; place in a single layer on rimmed baking sheets. Bake, flipping halfway through, until golden, about 15 minutes. Let cool completely on rack.

ROSEMARY RAISIN PECAN CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda and salt. Add the buttermilk, brown sugar and honey and stir a few strokes. Add the raisins, pecans, pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, flax seed and rosemary and stir just until blended.
• Pour the batter into two 4x 8-inch loaf pans that have been sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake for about 45 minute until golden and springy to the touch. Remove from the pans and cool on a wire rack.
• The cooler the bread, the easier it is to slice really thin. You can leave it until the next day or pop it in the freezer. Slice the loaves as thin as you can and place the slices in a single layer on an ungreased cookie sheet. Try slicing and baking one loaf and popping the other in the freezer for later. Reduce the oven heat to 300°F and bake them for about 15 minutes then flip them over and bake for another 10 minutes, until crisp and deep golden. Try not to eat them all at once!

PARMESAN PISTACHIO CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.
• Place silpat on a large baking sheet, or if not using a silpat or nonstick baking sheet, line a large baking sheet with parchment. Put rounded teaspoons of cheese 2 inches apart on baking sheets and spread each into a 1 1/2 inch circle.
• Sprinkle each round lightly with chopped pistachios (about 1/8 teaspoon for each) and bake until just golden, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Let crisps cool on sheet 1 minute then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Bake more crisps in same manner on cooled sheet, wiping nonstick or silpat in between batches (if using), or replacing parchment with each new batch.

PISTACHIO WINKS

Steps:

• Melt the butter in a microwave safe bowl. It'll take bout 90 seconds on high.
• Pour melted butter into a mixing bowl and add sugar. Mix well and let cool to room temperature.
• Mix in beaten eggs. Add the molasses and mix well.
• Add salt, baking soda and vanilla. Stir everything together and then mix in the finely chopped pistachios.
• Add the flour in 1 cup increments, mixing after each addition.
• Form the dough into 1" balls with your fingers and place them on a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with Pam (12 balls per cookie sheet).
• Spray the flat bottom of a water glass with Pam. Dip the glass in a bowl of sugar and flatten the balls on the cookie sheet. Dip the glass into sugar after each ball you flatten.
• Place a quarter cherry in the center of each cookie. Press the cherry down with the tip of your finger.
• Bake the cookies at 350 degreees for 10-12 minutes. Let the cookies set up on the sheet for 1 mintues and then remove them to a wire rack to finish cooling.

PISTACHIO & RAISIN HALVA

Steps:

• In a coffee grinder grind sesame seeds with sugar till fine powder.
• Put in food processor bowl with rest of ingredients and pulse to form a stiff batter.
• Shape into a loaf.
• Refrigerate at least 1 hour before slicing.

OATMEAL RAISIN CRISPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees, rack in the middle position.
• Add sugar to the melted butter and mix. Mix in the salt and baking soda.
• When the mixture has cooled to room temperature, mix in the eggs. Add the flour and stir it inches Add the raisins to the mix.
• Prepare your oatmeal. Measure 2 cups and dump into a food processor, Chopping with the steel blade until it is the consistency of coarse sand. Dump it into your dough and mix. The dough will be fairly stiff.
• Roll walnut sized balls with your hands and place them on a greased cookie sheet, 12 to a standard cookie sheet. If the dough is too sticky to roll, place the bowl in the refrigerator for 30 minutes and try again. Squish the dough balls down with a fork in a crisscross pattern.
• Bake for 10 minutes. Cool on cookie sheet for 2 minutes and then remove to wire rack to cool completely.

RICE PILAF WITH PISTACHIOS AND GOLDEN RAISINS

Steps:

• In a small heavy saucepan cook the onion with the turmeric and the cardamom in 1 tablespoon of the butter over moderately low heat, stirring, until the onion is softened. Add the rice and cook it, stirring, until it is coated with the butter. Add the broth, bring the liquid to a boil, covered, and simmer the mixture for 17 minutes, or until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender. Stir in the pistachios, the raisins, the scallion greens, the remaining 1/2 tablespoon butter, and salt and pepper to taste.