Recipe Pistachio Cream Frosting and Filling

Ingredients :

• 2 cups salted pistachios
• 2 cups confectioner's sugar
• 3 tablespoonsblespoons salted butter, at room te,perature
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• as needed, drops of green food color

Method :

1. Place pistachios in a large saucepan. Cover with water, bring to a boil and cook 2 minutes. This step is critical to soften the pistachos for a silky smooth En texture. Drain the pistachios.
2. Place drained pistachos in a food processor and blend until smooth. This wii take about 2 minutes, stopping to scrape down sides a few times.
3. Add butter and blend until smooth
4. Add one cup of the confectioner"s sugar slowly in batches , blending until very smooth
5. In a large bowl beat cream to soft peaks, add vanilla and remaining 1 cup confectioner"s sugar
6. Add a few spoonfulls of pistachio puree to cream, beat it in carefully. Don"t overbeat. When cream is thickened fold in remaining pistacho puree to blend. At this point I added some green food coloring to get the classic green color, my pistachos were natural un colored pistachos
7. Refrigerate firm up for easy spreading or piping

Recipe Pistachio Cream Frosting and Filling 2010-06-11T21:25:00-07:00 Rating: 4.5 Diposkan Oleh: CakeMaster