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Ingredient

Pistachio

PistaciaAlso called pistacia

The part of a pistachio used in cooking is the seed. Cooks use pistachio seeds.

Part used
Seed
Family
Anacardiaceae
Pistachio, whole

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Around the world

Where pistachio is cooked

1 dish in the catalogue uses pistachio. Here is where they come from.

Origins

Native to
Iran

On the table

Dishes made with pistachio

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.
  • Baklava

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include pistachio.

Around the world

What pistachio is called

Names in 69 languages, from Wikidata.
  • Spanish

    Pistacia

  • French

    Pistacia · Pistachier

  • Italian

    Pistacia

  • Portuguese

    Pistacia · Pistachi

  • German

    Pistazien · Pistacia

  • Dutch

    pistache · Pistacia

  • Greek

    Πιστακία · Πιστακιά

  • Turkish

    Pistacia

  • Russian

    фисташка · Pistacia · фисташковое дерево · фисташки

  • Polish

    Pistacja · Pistacia · Orzeszki pistacjowe

  • Arabic

    بطم · البطم · نبات البطم

  • Persian

    پسته (سرده)

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  • Albanian

    Pistacia

  • Aragonese

    Pistacia

  • Armenian

    խնկենի

  • Asturian

    Pistacia

  • Azerbaijani

    Püstə

  • Basque

    Pistacia

  • Belarusian

    Фісташка

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Pistacia

  • Bulgarian

    Кукуч

  • Catalan

    Pistacia

  • Cebuano

    Pistacia

  • Chinese

    黄连木属

  • Chuvash

    Фисташка

  • Croatian

    Tršlja

  • Czech

    řečík · Pistacia · Pistácie

  • Danish

    Pistacie · Pistacia · Pistacienød

  • Divehi

    ޕިސްތާ

  • Egyptian Arabic

    بطم

  • Esperanto

    Pistacio · Pistacia

  • Estonian

    Pistaatsia · Pistacia

  • Extremaduran

    Pistacia

  • Finnish

    pistaasit · Pistacia

  • Galician

    Pistacia

  • Georgian

    ფსტა

  • Hebrew

    אלה · Pistacia

  • Hungarian

    pisztácia · Pistacia

  • Ido

    Pistacia

  • Indonesian

    Pistacia

  • Interlingua

    Pistacia

  • Interlingue

    Pistacia

  • Irish

    Pistacia

  • Japanese

    ランシンボク属 · カイノキ属

  • Kabyle

    Imidek

  • Kashubian

    Pistacjô

  • Kazakh

    Пісте

  • Kurdish

    Menegûş

  • Kyrgyz

    Мисте

  • Latin

    Pistacia

  • Latvian

    pistāciju ģints · Pistacia

  • Lithuanian

    Pistacija · Pistacia · Pistacijos

  • Macedonian

    ф’стак

  • Northern Frisian

    Pistatsien · Pistacia

  • Norwegian Bokmål

    Pistacia

  • Norwegian Nynorsk

    Pistacia

  • Occitan

    Pistacia

  • Ossetic

    Фисташкæ

  • Romanian

    Pistacia

  • Serbian (Latin)

    Pistacije

  • Simplified Chinese

    黄连木属

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    黄连木属

  • Slovenian

    rujevina · Pistacia

  • Swedish

    Pistacia

  • Tachelhit

    Idek

  • Thai

    สกุลพิสตาชีโอ

  • Traditional Chinese (Taiwan)

    黃連木屬

  • Ukrainian

    Фісташка

  • Upper Sorbian

    Pistacija

  • Uzbek

    Pista · Xandon pista · Xandon Pista

  • Vietnamese

    Pistacia

  • Volapük

    Pistacia

  • Waray

    Pistacia

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos
  • Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Wikidata item: Q35987

Photos

Photo: Alexas_Fotos on Pixabay · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons