Pistachio Cheesecake

Pistachio Cheesecake is a dessert recipe ready in 4 h 35 min. It makes 12 servings, each 670 kcal with 8 g protein. Intermediate level, 11 ingredients.

Recipe by @sammymontgoms, adapted and measured by Cookpath.

  • 4 h 35 mintotal
  • Intermediatelevel
  • 670kcal a serving
  • 8 gprotein
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Pistachio Cheesecake

What is Pistachio Cheesecake

A layered pan dessert: a buttery graham cracker crust, a vanilla cream cheese filling, pistachio pudding and whipped cream.

How to make Pistachio Cheesecake

Tips from the cook

  • Make it the day before: it gets better overnight.
  • Vanilla or cheesecake pudding works if there is no pistachio. Use full-fat cream cheese for a firm filling.
  • For a chocolate base, use crushed chocolate cookies instead of graham crackers.
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Meal prep and storage

Chill the baked crust in the fridge for 20 minutes to cool it faster.

Keeps covered in the fridge up to 3 days. Do not freeze it: the whipped cream layers do not thaw well.

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Pistachio Cheesecake substitutions

Out of something, or cooking around an allergy. Each swap was checked against a source.

Graham cracker crumbs1 option
  • Gluten-free digestive or ginger biscuits, crushed 1:1 by weight

    Sweeter.

Butter2 options
  • Vegan/dairy-free butter block 1:1 by weight

    Soft tub margarine fails in pastry and cheesecake base.

  • Olive oil use about 3/4 as much by volume

    Not for creaming or pastry; base goes oily.

Heavy cream2 options
  • Oat cooking cream (GF-labelled) or soy cream 1:1

    Does not whip.

    Still contains soy.

  • Coconut cream (top layer of can) 1:1

    Coconut flavour.

From the cook: coconut cream (chilled) for whipping.

Cream cheese2 options
  • Dairy-free cream cheese (tofu/oat/coconut based) 1:1 by weight

    Cashew versions carry nuts.

    Still contains soy.

  • Silken tofu blended with lemon and coconut oil 1:1

    Needs chilling.

    Still contains soy.

Pistachio pudding mix1 option
  • Homemade pistachio pudding from real pistachios, milk and cornstarch (no instant mix) use the page recipe quantities in place of one packet

    Needs stovetop cooking.

    Still contains tree nuts and dairy.

Milk3 options
  • Unsweetened soy drink 1:1

    Thickens less than dairy.

    Still contains soy.

  • Gluten-free oat drink 1:1

    Must be labelled gluten-free.

  • Unsweetened almond drink 1:1

    Thin; tree nut.

    Still contains tree nuts.

Pistachios2 options
  • Almonds, cashews, hazelnuts, pecans or walnuts 1:1 by weight

    Flavour differs; walnuts robust.

    Still contains tree nuts.

  • Pumpkin or sunflower seeds 1:1 by weight; page lists seeds as the nut-free option

    Not the same flavour; sesame seeds would carry sesame.

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