Pâte de Pistaches pour Infusion (Pistachio Paste for Infusing)

Origin: Paris, France

Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Blanch and skin the pistachios, then wash them.
  2. Pound them in the mortar to an excessively fine paste.
  3. Add the paste to the boiled milk together with the third of a vanilla pod.
  4. In the preparations where it is used, heighten the pistachio colour with a few drops of vegetable green, and support it with a little vanilla to bring out the perfume.

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