Pâte de Pistaches pour Infusion (Pistachio Paste for Infusing)
Origin: Paris, France
Source: Auguste Escoffier, 1907
Ingredients
- 100 grammes pistachios
- 1 litre boiled milk
- one third of a vanilla pod
- a few drops of vegetable green
- a little vanilla
Instructions
- Blanch and skin the pistachios, then wash them.
- Pound them in the mortar to an excessively fine paste.
- Add the paste to the boiled milk together with the third of a vanilla pod.
- 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.