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Sweet pistachio peaches

Yields1 ServingPrep Time15 minsCook Time15 minsTotal Time30 mins

Hand holding pistachio cream jar with Sicilian sweets on a plate.

 250 g fairy 00
 85 g sugar
 60 g butter
 2 eggs
 2 tablespoons of milk
 15 g brewer's yeast
 a pinch of salt
 1 sachet of vanillin
 pistachio kernels
 Pistì pistachio cream
For the bath
 200 g water
 100 g water
 rum for desserts
Preparation of the bath
1

-Warm the water and dissolve the sugar while still on the heat. Add the rum and mix well.

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2

Whisk the eggs with the sugar and salt, add the soft butter in pieces, the vanillin and mix well.
Dissolve the yeast in the barely warm milk and add it to the mixture, then pour in the sifted flour and knead until the dough comes away from your hands.

Eggs, milk, flour, and sugar in glass bowls for dessert preparation.

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3

Leave to rise and when the dough has doubled in size, form rather small balls and place them on a baking tray lined with baking paper at a distance from each other.
Bake in a hot oven at 180° for 15 to 20 minutes.

 

Delicious dough balls ready for baking.

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4

Take the balls out of the oven and use a teaspoon to scoop out a small part from the base side.

Freshly baked Sicilian cookies in a glass dish on a wooden table.

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5

Collect the removed parts and place them in a blender, roughly pulverising them like breadcrumbs. Soak the half-balls (a little) with the wetness.

Now fill two half balls with pistachio cream using a pastry bag

then combine them and brush the outside with the remaining cream

Hand piping green pistachio cream onto small cookies on baking sheet.

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6

Dip them in the breadcrumbs prepared earlier with the leftover balls.

 

Pistachio-coated almond paste ball on pink almond flour in a white bowl.

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7

Sprinkle with grains of pistachio and serve them.

 

Sicilian pistachio truffles with crushed pistachios on a white plate.

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