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Tag: pistachios

  • brown butter cake with roasted rhubarb, salted caramel, and pistachio crumble

    brown butter cake with roasted rhubarb, salted caramel, and pistachio crumble

    let’s take a second and personify rhubarb. it might come across as sullen and cynical, with a lot of pent-up anger towards strawberries for always stealing the spotlight, but it’s really just thirsty for some attention. some recognition. once roasted, its bitter flavor and tough stalks break down to an addictive soft sourness. paired with the dark brown…

  • gorgonzola dolce risotto with mushrooms and charred pistachios

    gorgonzola dolce risotto with mushrooms and charred pistachios

    in greek mythology, gods and goddesses eat ambrosia as their primary form of sustenance. it’s never clarified what ambrosia actually is, physically, but i’m betting that it changes based on the preferred tastes of the consumer. i’m thinking that this risotto is probably what ambrosia tastes like to gaia (mother earth). it tastes like.. a forest? a creamy,…