White Chocolate Pistachio Dark Chocolate Chunk Cookies
While the original pistachio chocolate chip cookie that Pistacia Vera had is probably fantastic, I wanted to give a different spin on the cookie, by grinding the pistachios into a rough paste, and blending in a little melted sweet creamy white chocolate into the batter. Try to find roasted unsalted pistachios (Trader Joe’s is a good source for them) but if you only can find the salted type, reduce the sea salt in the recipe to 1/4 teaspoon. Make sure to use a quality dark chocolate to counterbalance the sweetness, one that is at least 65% cacao. I like to chop a chocolate bar into chunks to get the irregular pieces and small slivers of chocolate that melt into the batter but feel free to us chocolate chips if you want to skip the chopping.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
What these numbers assume — 9 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1 cup (125g) all-purpose | 455 |
| Pistachio | 1 oz (28g / ~49 kernels) | 159 |
| Chocolate | 1 oz (28g) semisweet | 155 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Vanilla | 1 tsp extract (4ml) | 12 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 45 g (1/4 cup) white chocolate chopped into 1/4th inch chunks
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil or pistachio oil (if you have it)
- 120 g (1 cup) shelled roasted unsalted pistachios
- 170 g (1 1/2 sticks or 3/4 cup) unsalted butter at room temperature
- 100 g (1/2 cup) white granulated sugar
- 120 g (1/2 cup) dark brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 210 g (1 1/2 cups) all purpose flour
- 180 g (6 oz or 1 cup) bittersweet chocolate chopped into 1/4 inch chunks