Pistachio Butter

Pistachio butter is a unique and tasty nut butter you can make at home with the raw nuts! It’s rich, creamy and lightly sweet.

Looking for a unique and tasty nut butter? Try Pistachio Butter! Pistachio butter is nut butter made from pistachios, and it’s a fun spin on the more classic peanut or almond butter. The flavor is rich and creamy, with a subtly sweet nuance. It’s a great alternative nut butter for people with certain types of nut allergies. Use it to add pizzazz and protein to dishes of all sorts: spread it on toast and top with strawberries, swirl it into oatmeal, or use it atop a stack of pancakes.

Ingredients for pistachio butter

Pistachio butter requires just a short handful of ingredients: but the type of nuts is important here. Here’s what to look for:

• Shelled, unsalted pistachios: raw or roasted: Unsalted is key here: we tried the flavor with salted pistachios and it was much too salty! Shelled pistachios are also essential as it saves you hours of work. Use raw nuts for the best green color. But you can also use roasted: the color is more brown and muted.
• Sugar: Use granulated sugar or another solid sugar of choice. Avoid honey or maple syrup, as liquid sweeteners can cause nut butter to seize up.
• Salt: Using unsalted nuts allows you to customize the salty flavor to taste.

Keep in mind: pistachios can be a bit pricey. You can make a half recipe to cut down on costs, or price compare with purchased pistachio butter.

How to make pistachio butter

Making pistachio butter at home is very simple: all you need is a food processor! This is a spin on the base recipe we use for almond butter, peanut butter, and cashew butter, with a few tweaks. Here’s the basic idea (or jump right to the recipe):

• Step 1: Blend! You’ll need a food processor for this step. Throw in the nuts and process for several minutes until they form a creamy butter. The nuts go from dry to sticky to creamy in just a few minutes.
• Step 2: Flavor! Add sugar and salt, then blend again. Taste and see whether you’d like it sweeter or saltier, then add more to taste.

How to store homemade pistachio butter

Often we store nut butter in the pantry, but to be safe we recommend storing this one in the refrigerator. How long does homemade pistachio butter last? Store pistachio butter refrigerated for up to 1 month. If you’d like to keep it in the pantry, store it for 1 or 2 weeks. (Ours usually lasts about 1 week because we eat it so fast!)

How to serve it

With its yellow green color, pistachio butter makes and interesting and intriguing nut butter alternative! It’s a great PB substitute for people with peanut allergies (as long as pistachios are AOK for them, of course!). Here are a few ways to serve it:

• Toast or English muffin: Slather on toast and enjoy! We like adding sliced strawberries for a brilliant color contrast.
• Smoothies: Swirl it into smoothies or a smoothie bowl for a protein boost
• Yogurt: Add a drizzle to Greek yogurt with honey and berries
• Oatmeal: Try it on classic oatmeal, banana baked oatmeal, or overnight oats
• Pancakes: Add a smear to basic pancakes, banana pancakes, oatmeal pancakes, or banana oatmeal pancakes.
• Muffins: Slather a bit on banana muffins, applesauce muffins or blender muffins.
• Waffles: Add it to perfect waffles or blueberry waffles.

More nut butter recipes

Love making homemade nut butter? Make sure to try these options:

• Make a batch of Peanut Butter
• Try Easy Almond Butter
• Go for creamy and delicious Cashew Butter
• Try unique and nutty Pecan Butter or Walnut Butter

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Easy Almond Butter

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Homemade Cashew Butter

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Pecan Butter

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Walnut Butter

This pistachio butter recipe is…

Vegetarian, vegan, plant-based, dairy-free and gluten-free.

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