What's your favorite way to eat pistacchi? Let us know if you ever had a memorable dish!

Fun fact: pistacchio is from Greek πιστάκιον (making the Italian pronunciation extremely accurate), which is itself derived from πιστάκη, the tree from which they grow, itself borrowed from Iranian.

A long time ago, I helped my dad start a ̶p̶i̶s̶t̶a̶c̶h̶i̶o̶ ̶ pistacchi farm out in the California desert. Here are a couple of interesting things... 1. There are male and female ̶p̶i̶s̶t̶a̶c̶h̶i̶o̶ ̶ pistacchi trees, so males are planted upwind so the wind helps pollinate the females (All of them produce ̶n̶u̶t̶s̶ ̶ ̶ pistacchi.) 2. There are ̶p̶i̶s̶t̶a̶c̶h̶i̶o̶ ̶ pistacchi tree varieties with strong roots but that produce poor quality ̶n̶u̶t̶s̶ ̶ ̶ pistacchi. There are ̶p̶i̶s̶t̶a̶c̶h̶i̶o̶ ̶ pistacchi tree varieties that have poor roots but produce good quality ̶n̶u̶t̶s̶ ̶ ̶ pistacchi. Farmers graft branches from the "good ̶n̶u̶t̶s̶ ̶ ̶ pistacchi" trees onto the trunks of the "good root" trees.

I am envious of Eva's skills in the kitchen. She is very proud of her countries food culture and a great proponent of local and fresh ingredients. I can imagine myself being the food tester. The weekly videos are so creative and well put together.

Eva, after tasting something and looking at the camera, making this smile (6:48), you understand that she is very proud of what she has done and you also understand that it is something particularly delicious ! 😊

I'm heading to the grocery store right now, and I'm glad I caught your video before I left! Pesto di Pistacchi will be our side dish to our roasted chicken (hopefully with lots leftover to have again tomorrow! 😉) Everything looks yummy! Now you have me thinking outside of the box with pistachios! It's not just gelato 🍧 anymore! Thank you! 🇮🇹👩‍🍳😊

Eva and Harper…. You are two of the most entertaining and charming hosts/chiefs/bakers ever…!!! I don’t cook much anymore however I do watch cooking shows all the time. You two are my absolute favorites with really superb recipes. Eva you are amazing with each of your loved Italian recipes you make I can tell you have your heart and soul into! And Harper you make this show come to life with the care you show Eva and the food she prepares for you and the audience. I am a fan!!! Whenever I need to smile I just sit down and binge watch your KZfaq channel!!! I guess I like to smile everyday so your wonderfully magnificent cooking and your playfulness with each other is really contagious. It makes me want to watch and enjoy you everyday!!!! Thank you for bringing joy and happiness into my life through your love of cooking and your love for each other that you’ve shown!!! You two together are amazing!!! Thank you!!!

For the sour cherries Eva topped the cookies with, they are very similar to Luxardo Maraschino cherries sold in most high-end liquor stores in their cocktail section. As for the brand she uses in the videe, they are sold in the large size jar in Costco here in the US. After you go through the cherries, an amazing use for the syrup, beyond pouring over ice cream or pancakes, is to mix it with soy sauce and use as a glaze for meat.

Love this video, I never new how versatile pistacchi are! Also I think Foonspull should be on a future Pasta Grammar T shirt - it’s a beautiful word now that I’ve heard it ❤

Ciao Eva & Harper My Wife Lynda and I Recently discovered your channel. Love it.❤ VIVA ITALIA!!!!! Steve Biagi Toronto Canada 🇨🇦 Via Barga Italia Provincia di Lucca 🇮🇹

I don't think I've ever seen Eva so excited about any dish as this Pistachio Pesto !!! I will definitely try it in the future.

Italy is truly agreeing with you both . You look so healthy , and Harper no longer looks like mozzarella cheese - he has a tan!! I have learned sooo much from watching Eva cook and Harper makes me laugh every show!!!

Every Pasta Grammar video leaves me more and more jealous of Harper because he gets to eat Eva’s delicious food daily!

Wow. That was a feast from beginning to end.

Normally I buy all the christmas cookies at the Italian market in my town (together with Limoncello, Panettone....etc.) This year I will try it by myself. Mille grazie grandissima Eva 😘

I make pistachios butter, like peanut butter but with pistachios, it is so tasty. Thought it might be green but it is a darker brown than peanut butter. Sometimes I add chocolate and cocoa to make a Nutella type spread. Or some honey, so delicious! 😊😊😊😊😊😊

I love Eva's face when she knows something is THAT good. Lmfao its a smile that only comes from hard work

Foonspull...absolutely adorable!! Gotta love Eva's interpretations as well as her recipes.

Some great recipes, and I have to agree with Eva, it's nice to have them freshly peeled (which can indeed take a while).

Eva's dexterity is amazing 😍

Dear Harper & Eva. Wasn’t sure how to communicate with you but thought this might be the only way we know how. Firstly we are avid followers of your channel and are always happy to see when a new video has been posted. You have given my husband John some great inspirations since he has recently retired from work. We cannot describe our excitement when we recently saw you both in Taormina. We didn’t want to disturb your dinner but in hindsight we wish that we did, only to let you know how wonderful you both are. We look forward to many more videos. Thank you so much for all your work. John & Margaret

Paccheri al pesto di pistachio. BEST pasta dish I ever ate in restaurant (it was in Roma) in my life. Simply delicious!!!

The cookies are the treat of my childhood! Christmas and Easter from Veniero’s bakery on East 11th Street in NYC. ALWAYS thought the green cherries were, well, wrong. This version with almond flour reminds me of Mexican wedding cookies, another melt in your mouth treat! Thanks for the memories and as always, the inspiration. Grazie, bambini.

This is fantastically good. I add also parmigiano reggiano (al gusto) to sweeten a little the pecorino . A hint of peperoncino (chili) and you have the best pasta ever.

My favorite pistachio dish is Mortadella .... I make my own and always add a few extra pistachios more than the recipe calls for.

You guys are so adorable. Simply think you all are so sweet. Thanks for the content., it's appreciated.

Stirring the air with the fork, yet again. Yes, we must try this! 😊😋

BEEN WAITING FOR THIS VIDEO FOREVERRRR!

Divine is the word today!!!💕

I love your sense of humor !! 😁 Keep up the great work, Eva and Harper 👍👏

I love your Videos! Eva, you are an incredible cuoca! I’ve lived in Italy for four years now and yet you still regularly educate me on Italian cuisine. Grazie mille!

I made pasta last night and used the advice of Eva’s mother and added more olive oil and it was delicious!

One of my favourite recipes that use pistacchi is Pinsa topped with mortadella, burrata and pistacchi. Even without the Pinsa bread the combination of mortadella, burrata and crumbled pistachios makes a fabulous appetizer.

😅Shakes head* "Ineedtomakemore"🙄 I LOVE your channel and the two of you together. I also love your village and the Beautiful rustic restaurant/gathering place you have created for your home town. For me-keep the modern structure, I live for old stone and heavy wood. You can then bring in all the modern tech ECT to modernize todays comforts. Beautiful✨

My blender was in the washing machine but i had all if the other ingredients, so i made this with a knife and a mortar and pestle. Time consuming but absolutely delicious.

Pistacchio is an inspiring ingredient. Grazie, Eva e Harper! ❤❤❤❤❤

I would love to see Eva make TERRONE! You usually only see them around here, (New England) at Christmas time.!

My old Sicilian boss used to make ravioli alla pistachio and kind if threw me off at first but was actually very good and ended up being one of my favorite dishes we served

The cookie dough is very similar to the almond flour dough I use to make Scandinavian kransekake (astack of delicate cookie rings that they use as the traditional wedding cake). This makes me think that I need to try a pistachio version!

OK reporting back. I made the Pesto di Pistacchi, and it was absolutely KILLER. I went for a little finer grind, and made a double-batch. I'm glad I did, because it was phenomenal. The lemon zest gives it a perfect bright pop. So satisfying to add the pasta water, and see it develop into perfect, creamy emulsion. Luckily, I have a great Italian bodega near my house in Dallas, so I even used Eva's choice of pasta. I adore pistachios anyway, so this was a perfect recipe for me. The balance was perfect, so thanks guys!! 10/10

I'm not happy with the two of you. I made this right after watching the video. Okay 45 minutes to an hour after shelling all of the "seeds". My family (one a chef) tried just the sauce and now I have to by Pistachios in bulk! Freaking amazing! Thank you!

Yum yum yum!! 😋 That pesto dish looks delishhhh! Must make immediately! Thank you Eva for another wonderful recipe! 🍝

Lovely cookies!😮 I am certain I would love these!😁 Thank you Eva and Harper. ♥️

I made pistachio pesto once!! It's delicious!! And...cheaper than with pine nuts! Yay! I also made sardine filets stuffed with breadcrumbs, garlic, pistachios and chopped figs, rolled and baked. Incredibly delicious!

OMG! I HAVENT HAD THIS IN SO LONG! Im making this this weekend!

As always - everything looks incredible!!!!

Used the pistachio pesto to stuff pork chops with a few chunks of fontina cheese and a slice of prosciutto. Amazing!!

Complimenti Eva, hai realizzato delle ottime ricette, ma nei dolci hai aggiunto le migliori amarene presenti sul mercato sono un prodotto eccezionale, a quelle paste hai dato un tocco di classe. Brava.

Queen Eva‼️‼️THE BEST‼️‼️‼️

The first dish is a staple for me, I’m addicted to pistachios (and garlic). I’ve made the second dish (learned from my Uncle Mario) but a few years ago I started adding pumpkin seed flour that I make myself along with my pistachio. I like the little extra flavor it adds.

I'm with Harper, pistachio gelato is my all time favorite. There's a small Italian owned gelato shop north of Pasadena, CA that makes an excellent version. That pesto recipe looks wonderful.

Made pistachio pesto for dinner. Used to make…whatever that stuffed dish is mused chicken instead of beef. And used fontina cheese. Very very yummy. Made the dough for the cookies-will make the cookies tomorrow. Love all of the interesting dish I’m learning to make from your You Tube channel.

My favorite thing I ate on my recent trip to Italy was in Lucca. Focaccia with burrata, ham and sprinkled with pistachio

We made the pisticchio pesto last night with spinach/ricotta/walnuts ravioli, really good

I just finished chopping my homegrown Tropea onions (in CT) and I stopped to drive to the store. I had all of the other ingredients for this pesto, but realized I was out of Lemons!..I knew they tied it together. Grazie! From Connecticut

loved watching this episode and have discovered something about myself in the process, I am Italian but didn't know it.

I love listening to her talk.

Congratulations Harper and Eva on yet another tasty video! I look forward to trying the pesto recipe ASAP. Thank you for the inspiration to try all these new, different, delicious things!!!

I have been asking for this video FOR SO LONG!!!!

Oh man!! I just ordered some pistachio flour on Amazon! We follow a keto lifestyle but I can see that I could very easily adapt all these pistachio recipesto fit our way of eating! Especially excited to make the cookies! thanks as always. LOVE your videos. Foonspulls! LOL! Now we'll be saying it that way forever....

Nuts are seeds. One of these days I'll make one of your recipes. They look so good!

“You don’t need to salt the sea” -Eva. I chuckled at first, but got to thinking we have similar phrases in English like “gilding the Lilly”.

I could eat that pesto with bread and nothing else. Looks really yummy.

I love your channel and I especially love your recipes. I have a bit of a challenge for you, My late grandmother had a great recipe, that had some resemblance to your “Involtini Messinesi al Pistacchio”. She called them “Spatini” but I’m not sure if that’s spelled correctly. My grandmother’s family was from Naples and my grandfather’s family was from Sicily, so I’m not sure where this recipe originated. The basic recipe was to use a deli-slicer and cut a raw round steak into thin (cold-cut thin) slices. Then she made a paste of breadcrumbs, herbs and spices, spread it on the raw meat slices, rolled them up and used a tooth pick to hold them together. Then she broiled them turning them once. Unfortunately, my grandmother never wrote down a recipe, so it was lost when we lost her. However, I did inherit her deli-slicer. Have either of you heard of “Spatini”, or seen a recipe for them?

I could die for pistacchi!! I eat everything regardless if savory or sweet with it. Thank you for this video 🩷

Eva you are a gem!!

I make a delicious pistachio pesto with spearmint leaves

I love Pesto but I'm not crazy about pine nuts so I usually use Almonds when making Basil Pesto. So when I saw this video using Pistachios I thought, I gotta try this. I did use the pine nuts in this, I thought it was absolutely marvelous. I cut down the garlic and made a triple batch so I can freeze some. My husband actually had pasta without red sauce which never happens. Thanks for the recipe. I would have added a photo but there's no option for that here...

These are my favorite cookies as well!!!!!!!!!!!!

I usually make pistachio pesto also adding pomodori secchi (sundried tomatoes) in substitution to basil☺️

I made the pistacchio pesto with penne lisce, it was super delicious! I added whole toasted pine nuts at the end, it suited it really well!

It’s Sunday!!! Woo hoo!!! Time for more great recipes!

There's also pistachio cream, sort of pistachio Nutella or pistachio peanut butter: super delicious.

I love you guys! you make me laugh (foonspull) I learn how to cook "real italian" and enjoy the way Harper puts the videos together. Eva must be a blast to live with! Enjoy your summer in Italy. so jelly......

I ate pistachio cookies in Florence and they were THE BEST cookies I've ever had.

Now I'm imagining those cookies with pistachio gelato.

I’m very much allergic to pistachios, but I’m entertained watching this!

I just made a pesto with pistachios a few days ago for a sort of pasta fredda with tomatoes, olives, cucumbers, and grilled chicken. I'm pretty sure that for Italians, it is considered a mortal sin to add chicken to such a dish, but I'm not Italian and nobody was supervising me at the time.

I love this channel. I learn something beautiful every time.

Cookies from my childhood!

Caffe correto + Pasta Grammar = Sunday morning!!

Oh how I wish I could spend the day in your kitchen with you, Eva, and Harper. What a blast that would be❣️. My grandparents were from Calabria. I love Italy. I love all things Italian. I made ricotta cheese yesterday from your recipe❤❤ I live in Tampa, FL presently but grew up in Pittsburgh, PA where there were plenty of Italians and Italian grocery stores. Here in Tampa there is only ONE. I need to go to Italy again, maybe live there? That’s a dream of mine. Love you both.

I did a frito misto the other day everyone loved the eggplant the most!

I Grew Up In A Italian Family Pavone Love Your Showes

I was watching lasagna vids, an 'Pasta Grannies' popped up. I thought it was you guys. It's pretty old Italian ladies cooking Italian dishes like you two. Ya might give um a peek. I almost always watch your postings as soon as you put um up. Thanks for sharing her cooking.

Yum yum yum yum yum!!!

I heard of this version of pesto....so thrilled to see Eva make an authentic version! Woohoo!

I am definitely gonna try the cookies cuz I am a sweet tooth and obsessed with pistachio 🤤

I'm definately going to try these recipes, grazie.😊🙏

Sage c walnut pesto is also sublime.

Thank you so much for this recipe. I have food allergies that include dairy and tomatoes so I'm always looking for something different to put on pasta. This recipe worked even though I had to leave out the cheese. Delicious!

Quando da ragazzino andavo ai matrimoni, ricordo che nelle guantiere mi sceglievo sempre i dolcetti di pasta di mandorle. Sono sempre stati i miei favoriti. 😊 Questi che hai fatto tu qui con una miscela di farina di mandorle e pistacchi, saranno ancora di un altro livello, una vera squisitezza ! 😋 PS: Comunque la prossima volta ti conviene farne tre o quattro guantiere di quelle paste, perché se no i tuoi non ne assaggiano ! ;)

Harper and Eva, remember that I sent you a pic of the almond cookies with a jelly bean in the center since I made some for Easter. So yummy.

These are very original ways of using pistachios 😍 I love that beef involtini it looks delicious. Great ideas Eva thank you.

Im going to make this. It sounds amazing.

Foonspool. We do love Eva and Harper!

The cookie think looks sooo good! Grazie:)

I love Eva's recipes! This particular one with the filled stake reminds me of the one we make in the high lands of Jalisco Mexico. We use thin slices of pork and fill it up with pistachios and apricots and cheese and we also bread it with old bread we crumble up while adding salt. We place a sweet and sour chipotle sauce on the top. Delicioso!

Ciao Harper & Eva...we already know that PAPA WILL get an empty plate!!! 😁

I'm going to buy some pistachios today 😘🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜🥜better to have them home as needed.