Pistachio Sauce

Name: Pistachio Sauce
Yield: Serves 8-10
Ingredients: 100 g/3½ oz finely ground skinned pistachio nuts (you can also use 50 g/2 oz pistachio paste if you can find this in small amounts - see suppliers - but you may need to cut down on the sugar as pistachio paste tends to have added sugar as a preservative); 575 ml/1 pint full cream milk; 140 g/5 oz caster sugar; 5 large egg yolks

Preparation info

Serves
8-10

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Chocolate

By Sara Jayne Stanes

Published 1999

About

Pistachios are a natural partner for chocolate - both dark and white.

Ingredients

575 ml/1 pint full cream milk
100 g/3½

Sauce
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Bring the milk to the boil with the pistachio nuts. Meanwhile, whisk the egg yolks and the sugar together until creamy - about 2 minutes.

Pour the boiling milk over the egg yolks and sugar and whisk to amalgamate.

Transfer back to a saucepan and over a very very low heat, simmer until the consistency coats the back of the spoon - about 7 minutes. Do not let boil or the mixture w