I la la love pistachio nuts. I know they are expensive, but sometimes you have to treat yourself and buy a bag so that you can make some creamy, greeny pistachio nut butter! Get your food processors out and get ready to whirl!
The above photos were 1. before processing, 2. after 1 minute of processing, and 3. after 10 minutes of processing.
For this batch, I used salted dry roasted pistachio nuts which I got from Trader Joes, which I realized was sort of a bad idea. Dry roasted means a lot of the natural oils are sucked out of the nut, so it’s hard for the nuts to get creamy. NO FEAR- I added about 2-3 teaspoons of coconut oil and it smoothed right up.
You can use raw pistachio nuts, but you will want to roasted them for 5-10 minutes at around 350. I’ve tried making nut butter without roasting the nuts first, and it has never worked for me (maybe I’m just cursed!).
I love this stuff! A spoonful of this is such a good snack or even better on top of oats!
I’d say the sea salt is pretty essential. It brings out the maple syrup and the natural sweetness of the nuts.
I store my nut butter in a small mason jar. I keep it in a cool place or even in the fridge.
DIY Maple Sea Salt Pistachio Butter
Ingredients
- 2 cups of roasted pistachio nuts
- 1–2 tablespoons maple syrup (to taste)
- pinch of sea salt
- 1–3 tablespoons coconut oil (if needed)
Instructions
- Place 2 cups of pistachios nuts and a pinch of sea salt in a food processor.
- Process on high, frequently stopping to scrape if needed.
- Process nuts anywhere from 4-10 minutes or until smooth and drippy. If you nuts have a hard time releasing their natural oil (getting the mixture to be drippy), add 1 to 3 tablespoons of coconut oil.
- Once the pistachios are smooth add in maple syrup or your sweetener of choice.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1/6 Calories: 165 Sugar: 6 Fat: 14 Carbohydrates: 10 Fiber: 2 Protein: 4Keywords: pistachio butter
Oh my gosh I LOVE this idea! I haven’t ever seen or ate pistachio butter!! DEFINITELY trying this ASAP! Thanks for the idea Lee!
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It is definitely a treat!
I made this today and it is LIFE changing. Between this and the gingerbread almond cashew butter I made last week, I might never buy nut butter again! (yah right) But really it is absolutely delicious and you can’t buy stuff like this in the store. Thanks!
YES! It’s legit the best nut butter I’ve ever made! Did you have to add any coconut oil? It all depends on the oiliness of the batch of nuts you have 😀
Yes, I bought shelled roasted AND salted pistachios, so I added coconut oil and some sea salt, it ended up being too salty. Lesson learned. But I’m still eating it all 🙂
😀 ohhhh yes. Gotta be careful with the salted! The day I found unshelled (idk if that’s a word) pistachios was the best day ever! I find when I deshell them myself, I just eat them alllll.
The next best thing since nutella and healthy too.
LOLOL. Agreed.
WOW, I love the sound of this!!
I have never had Pistachio nut butter, and I don’t even think the pistachios would make it into butter because I would just eat them all!! Love this idea 🙂
Haha I hear you. I LOVE pistachios. The only way I can make pistachio butter is if I buy pistachios already out of their shell. Then I can just pop em in the food processor. If I had to de-shell all of them…heck no! They’d go straight into my mouth!
This stuff is like crack!! Irresistible and just the right amout of sweetness. Thanks for sharing (-:
Glad I’m not the only one who thought that! Jar + Spoon = LOVE.
Guess i would like the full recipe step by step so i can make it!!!
Hey there! That is so odd…it used to have the recipe written out…but it’s not there anymore! I will rewrite it so you can follow step by step 😀
Could you post or send me the measurements? Thanks!!!
Recipe is posted! For some reason the formatting in my recipe widget was messed it. It is fixed!
How much syrup and salt did you use for the batch?
Hi there! For some reason the formatting in my recipe widget was messed it. It is now fixed and the full recipe has been posted! So sorry!
I broke a food processor making nut butter once. True story. Need this now!!!!!
EPIC fail. 🙂
OMG this looks amazing!!! I LOVE pistachios! I am definately going to try this. I have never made my own nut butter and to be totally honest I’ve only ever had regular old peanut butter…. time to try something new 🙂
OMG. GIRL. Your life is about to be changed.
I need a food processor! 🙂 Would a Vitamix work – OH, I don’t have that either! 😉
ABSOLUTELY. Vitamix would most definitely work and probably actually make the butter a lot faster than a food processor. Jealous of your kitchen swag, Jody!
I love homemade nut butters! I made one with hazelnuts once that was so tasty!! I’ve never had luck using raw nuts either though… something about it just doesn’t work :/
o0o baby that sounds delish. What did you sweeten it with?
Girl you are KILLING IT. So proud! This butter looks BOMB.
Ohhhhh thanks D!
Never. This looks so good and easy to make 🙂
Make this –> http://www.thehealthymaven.com/2013/08/healthy-pistachio-ice-cream.html
Ignore how messed up the post is. grrrrr
Also have I mentioned I love you?!?! Thank you for yesterday!
LOVE all the pics!!! And I’m so making this when I get my food processor (asked Santa). Can you believe I don’t have one yet!??!?!?!
OMG. I can’t even handle that situation. Go to Target right now and get one. I think Mr.s Claus has the right to get what she wants when she wants it!
I am a die hard pistachio girl! I can’t keep a bag around for more than a few days!
YES LIVI. Let’s be bffs now.
Yum! I completely forgot about my pistachio addiction (probably a good thing) but this is a nut butter I need to make! I don’t suppose you ever soak your nuts first, or if there’s a reason you don’t? (new to the nut butter game here 😉
I’ve never tried soaking them before processing! Not sure if it would work. I’d try with a less expensive nut first like peanuts if you are going to try 🙂
Does this need to be refrigerated? What is the shelf life? If I made as a gift, wanting to know how far in advance it can be made.