Best Pistachio Shortbread Crust Recipes

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PISTACHIO-SHORTBREAD CRUST



Pistachio-Shortbread Crust image

This recipe is the crust for the Apricot Chiffon Pie.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Dessert & Treats Recipes     Pie & Tarts Recipes

Yield Makes one 9-inch crust

Number Of Ingredients 5

5 ounces shortbread cookies, broken
3 ounces shelled unsalted pistachios (2/3 cup)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
2 ounces (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter, melted

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Pulse cookies in a food processor until crumbs form. (You should have 1 cup.) Process with pistachios, sugar, and salt, until fine crumbs form. Add butter, and process until mixture holds together.
  • Press crumb mixture evenly into bottom and up sides of a 9-inch fluted tart pan with a removable bottom. Refrigerate for 15 minutes. Bake until golden brown, 17 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack, and let cool.

PISTACHIO SHORTBREAD CHEESECAKE CRUST



PISTACHIO SHORTBREAD CHEESECAKE CRUST image

Categories     Cake     Nut

Yield 1 crust

Number Of Ingredients 6

¼ cup sugar
1 (5.3 ounce) box shortbread cookies
1 cup shelled pistachios, lightly toasted on a cookie sheet
½ teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel
2 ounces butter, melted

Steps:

  • - Using a food processor, pulse together the shortbread, pistachios, sugar, salt, and grated lemon peel until finely broken up. - Add melted butter and pulse mixture again until small clumps form. - Press crust into prepared cake pan.

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