Pistachio-Cherry Danish Recipe on Food52

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New Year’s Eve is a holiday I have little patience for and barely celebrate. I have two methods of coping: either leaving the country for someplace that isn’t teeming with tourists and Best Night Ever! cavorters, or staying home in my pajamas, drinking champagne, and eating something outrageously luxurious while watching old movies. A few years ago I was going with Option 2 and hadn’t figured out what my lavish culinary indulgence would be. Then I read something Amanda Hesser wrote about her mother’s Danish, and I became dead set on perfecting my own. There was no kneading required, and I just had to proof the dough overnight in the fridge. Filling and twisting it was just as painless. It was so good, I didn’t bother to let it cool and wait for the stupid ball to drop. I stood in my kitchen, ignoring everything else, as I stuck my fork in a slice, repeatedly, before cutting a second, larger piece. Later, when I got the idea of using pistachio paste in the filling, I knew I was going to see fireworks. Cherry and pistachio are a pastry power couple; theirs is a lusty, electric love for the ages. That first taste of Danish is like one of those Crash Davis–style “long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.” And now, December 31 can’t come soon enough.

Pistachio-Cherry Danish

Produce
- 2/3 cup Cherries, dried
- 1 Lemon, Zest of

Refrigerated
- 2 Egg whites
- 1 Egg yolk
- 2 Eggs, large

Condiments
- 3/4 cup Pistachio paste, packed

Baking & Spices
- 2 1/4 tsp Active dry yeast
- 5 cups All-purpose flour, unbleached
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom, ground
- 1 1/8 tsp Salt
- 2/3 cup Sugar
- 1 Vanilla bean

Nuts & Seeds
- 1/4 cup Pistachios

Dairy
- 12 1/3 tbsp Butter, unsalted
- 3/4 cup Whole milk

Beer, Wine & Liquor
- 1/4 cup Rum or other dark liquor, dark

Liquids
- 1/4 cup Water

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New Year’s Eve is a holiday I have little patience for and barely celebrate. I have two methods of coping: either leaving the country for someplace that isn’t teeming with tourists and Best Night Ever! cavorters, or staying home in my pajamas, drinking champagne, and eating something outrageously luxurious while watching old movies. A few years ago I was going with Option 2 and hadn’t figured out what my lavish culinary indulgence would be. Then I read something Amanda Hesser wrote about her mother’s Danish, and I became dead set on perfecting my own. There was no kneading required, and I just had to proof the dough overnight in the fridge. Filling and twisting it was just as painless. It was so good, I didn’t bother to let it cool and wait for the stupid ball to drop. I stood in my kitchen, ignoring everything else, as I stuck my fork in a slice, repeatedly, before cutting a second, larger piece. Later, when I got the idea of using pistachio paste in the filling, I knew I was going to see fireworks. Cherry and pistachio are a pastry power couple; theirs is a lusty, electric love for the ages. That first taste of Danish is like one of those Crash Davis–style “long, slow, deep, soft, wet kisses that last three days.” And now, December 31 can’t come soon enough.