Pistachio pomegranate cake

Pistachio Pomegranate Cake from Rachel Khoo's Kitchen Notebook

In the midst of this bleak mid-winter, I fancied a taste of Turkey last weekend. I spent a few days in Istanbul last autumn and it was a true smorgasbord for the senses - a glittering kaleidoscope of bright colours and bold flavours and steamy hammams. Not something I could quite exactly recreate during our…

Nutty, pistachio forward buttery cake topped with a berry glaze. Recipe makes a small batch, loaf sized cake.

Luxurious Pistachio Pomegranate Cake 🍇 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 🎂 - 1 cup unsalted butter, softened - 1 cup granulated sugar - 4 large eggs - 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour - 1 cup ground pistachios - 1 teaspoon baking powder - 1/4 teaspoon salt - 1/2 cup milk - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract - 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds - 1/2 cup chopped pistachios for garnish

You know when you find something wonderful and think, "Where have you been all my life? Have I been living under a rock?" Well, that more or less sums up my feelings about Rachel Khoo and her newest book, Rachel Khoo's Kitchen Notebook . Why it's taken me so long to find her is beyond me,

The idea for this cake came to me whilst I was having coffee with a friend. I can’t quite remember how it came about, but we were talking about pomegranates and how common place they have become now thanks so chefs like Yotam Ottolenghi, Nigella Lawson and Jamie Oliver. Then it hit me, could you mak

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Pomegranate Drizzle Cake by Jamie Oliver is an elegant combination of tahini, yogurt, and citrus, adorned with a pomegranate-lime drizzle and pistachio dust, and is ready in an hour!

If you're lover of all things Middle Eastern cuisine, or equally, you're obsessed (like I am) with Yotam Ottolenghi's cookbook collection then you'll probably already be familiar with the intense sour and syrupy sweetness of pomegranate molasses. The essential Persian ingredient with its characteristically tangy, almost citric notes of sharp sourness and sweetness works brilliantly well to enhance both a multitude of sweet and savoury dishes. It's made from reduced pomegranate juice with the…

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