13 Recipes that Prove Pistachios Go with Everything

Salty, creamy, and even a little crunchy, this recipe is the ultimate party snack for when you are looking to go far beyond the average bowl of onion dip.

Andrew Zimmern breaks from the standard kale salad by adding pistachios and sesame seeds for rich nuttiness and a bright, vinegary miso dressing.

A version of this recipe was served to Oceania passengers by chef Francesco Cutri of Ristorante Le Bocche, in the Ligurian village of Portovenere on the Italian Riviera. The shrimp-and-squid salad, with its piquant dressing of capers, olive oil and ground pistachios, was a hit.

In this recipe, simple jack cheese quesadillas are prepared with a tangy kale and pistachio salsa. Big pieces of diced avocado are lightly tossed into the salsa to round out the acidity.

Maverick New York City chefs Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo are known for making wildly delicious versions of super-simple dishes at their Frankies Spuntino restaurants. This amazing pesto has a key ingredient that makes it stand out: Sicily's famous pistachio nuts, which are sweet, fruity and almost shockingly bright green.

Many Indian restaurants call any spiced rice dish biryani, but Suvir Saran insists, "briyani must be layered." Here, he boils rice like pasta to make it fluffy, then layers it in a casserole dish with yogurt, pistachios and apricots.

These köfte, or Turkish meatballs, are made with beef, lamb, a nice hit of cumin, and pistachios for some nutty flavor and textural variety.

This easy and delicious salad features sweet, plump seared sea scallops on a Sicilian-style salad with pistachios, briny green olives and fried capers.

Something as conventional as rack of lamb would never, ever find its way into Ferran Adria's ultra-experimental kitchen at El Bulli. But in his book Cocinar en Casa, he converts it into an unexpected, wonderful dish that anyone can make. Who else would think to coat a rack of lamb with a pistachio pesto, then wrap it in pancetta to keep it nicely moist and make it even richer as it roasts?

These crunchy, gluten-free bars get their brilliant green color from energizing matcha powder. They're great for a road snack, lunchbox treat or as a pick-me-up any time of the day.

This elegant and refreshing dessert layers fresh citrus with toasted pistachios and mint.

Top Chef winner Kristen Kish adds ground pistachios and nutty brown butter to her adorable little cakes, based on a classic French petit four.

This exceptionally creamy ice cream relies on two unexpected ingredients: corn starch (to help thicken it) and cream cheese (to make it scoopable).