It is almost shabes. My folks will be coming for dinner in less than an hour. The last way I should have spent the last forty-five minutes is decorticating half a cup of pistachios, but just look at them! It really makes a difference, in color and flavor. And I had to. I just had no choice.
To Decorticate Pistachios
Place pistachios in a bowl and cover with boiling water. Allow them to rest about five minutes, and drain. Use your fingers to squeeze and rub off the skins.
Beautiful. I trust you all had a good dinner.
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those are some fine looking pistachios there!!
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ReplyDeletethanks, dinner was wonderful, and I can't wait to tell you what I did with the pistachios!
miriam,
thanks, they were delicious--stay tuned for earth-shaking recipe.
The pistachios look wonderful. It is a job for a lazy time though, first shelling them then decorticating them. I love that word!
ReplyDeleteThe green of pistachios is a thing of beauty, and when you decorticate those babies, they are even prettier.I love me some pistachios..my brother and I give each other bags of them for our birthdays.
ReplyDeleteThere is a Suvir Saran recipe for a pistachio pound cake that a friend made for me- I'm going to try it soon.It's got cardamom. Do you know it? you would love it.
I wonder if you could also decorticate pistachios by soaking overnight? Thanks a I learned a new word.
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ReplyDeleteyes, you definitely need the right time and mood for the job.
lindy,
oh heavens, yes; that would just be my cup of tea. I will track it down.
belle,
i think an overnight soak should probably work. It would be a good alternative for folks on all-raw diets.
belle,
ReplyDeletewhy you sly thing! you *are* on a raw food diet! Folks, Have a look belle's new blog
Welcome to the wide and wooly blogosphere!
Question. What kind of Pistachio? Dry roasted and salted? Still in the shell? Raw? House husband here,and not the sharpest tool in the shed.
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Narci