Pine Nut and Sicilian Pistachio Tart

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Prized, tender nuts of Italy and Sicily are connected show successful this elegant dessert.

You’ll request an 11-inch fluted tart cookware with a removable bottom, an instant-read thermometer and ceramic pastry weights oregon dried beans/rice.

The tart tin beryllium made with each conifer nuts oregon successful a smaller tart pan; spot the VARIATIONS, below.

The tart dough tin beryllium assembled and frozen for up to 3 weeks. The filling tin beryllium made and refrigerated up to 3 days successful advance; rewarm mildly successful the microwave. The baked tart tin beryllium stored astatine country temperature, good wrapped oregon successful an airtight container, for up to 2 days.

From Alex Levin, enforcement pastry cook astatine Osteria Morini successful Navy Yard.

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 12-16

For the crust

  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) positive 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter, astatine country somesthesia (135 grams total)
  • 3/4 cupful (85 grams) confectioners' sugar
  • Pinch good oversea salt
  • Scraped seeds from 1 vanilla bean
  • 1 ample (50 grams) egg
  • 1 1/2 cups (175 grams) flour, positive much for the enactment surface
  • 1/3 cupful (50 grams) cornstarch

For the filling

  • 1/2 cupful positive 2 tablespoons (217 grams) orangish blossom honey
  • 1/2 cupful (107 grams) granulated sugar
  • 1/2 spoon (3 grams) good oversea salt
  • 16 tablespoons (2 sticks/226 grams) unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cupful (113 grams) dense cream
  • 1 ample egg, positive 1 ample ovum yolk (70 grams total), beaten together
  • 1 1/4 cups (172 grams) conifer nuts
  • 1 1/4 cups (172 grams) shelled, unsalted Sicilian pistachios (see headnote; whitethorn substitute Turkish pistachios)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 16)

  • Calories

    460

  • Fat

    33 g

  • Saturated Fat

    14 g

  • Carbohydrates

    39 g

  • Sodium

    100 mg

  • Cholesterol

    90 mg

  • Protein

    6 g

  • Fiber

    2 g

  • Sugar

    24 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Alex Levin, enforcement pastry cook astatine Osteria Morini successful Navy Yard.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published October 19, 2015

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Updated March 15, 2026

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