Skip to main content
Pistachio Tahini Brownies, styled to show the recipe's intended texture, color, and serving presentation

Dessert recipe

Pistachio Tahini Brownies

A practical, source-aware recipe for pistachio tahini brownies, with the history kept close to the method.

Jump to recipe
Pistachio Tahini Brownies, presented as a food-focused editorial visualization by The Foods That Shaped Us.

Developed by the Recipe Desk. This original editorial recipe uses measured ingredients, explicit timing and yield, allergen notes, storage guidance, and step-by-step visual cues. Use the stated doneness and texture cues because ingredients, ovens, and kitchen equipment vary.

Recipe card

Pistachio Tahini Brownies

A practical, source-aware recipe for pistachio tahini brownies, with the history kept close to the method.

Prep
20 min
Cook
28 min
Yield
16 squares
Difficulty
Easy

Ingredients

  • 170 g dark chocolate
  • 120 g butter
  • 180 g sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 90 g plain flour
  • 25 g cocoa
  • 70 g tahini
  • 70 g pistachios, chopped
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Method

  1. Prepare for Pistachio Tahini Brownies, showing the ingredients and preparation at this stage
    Step 1: Prepare for Pistachio Tahini Brownies.
    1

    Prepare

    Heat the oven to 175 C and line a 20 cm square tin.

  2. Mix for Pistachio Tahini Brownies, showing the ingredients and preparation at this stage
    Step 2: Mix for Pistachio Tahini Brownies.
    2

    Mix

    Melt chocolate and butter, whisk in sugar and eggs, then fold in flour, cocoa, and salt.

  3. Swirl for Pistachio Tahini Brownies, showing the ingredients and preparation at this stage
    Step 3: Swirl for Pistachio Tahini Brownies.
    3

    Swirl

    Spread in the tin, spoon over tahini, swirl, and scatter with pistachios.

  4. Bake for Pistachio Tahini Brownies, showing the ingredients and preparation at this stage
    Step 4: Bake for Pistachio Tahini Brownies.
    4

    Bake

    Bake for 25 to 28 minutes and cool before slicing.

Storage

Cool completely, cover, and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Reheat only when the texture benefits from it.

Allergens

Milk, Egg, Gluten, Sesame, Pistachio

Why this dish belongs here

The history behind the method

Tahini and pistachio bring older regional ingredient histories into the modern brownie.

Explore the ingredients

Pistachio historyBlack Sesame historyChocolate history

Trend and context sources

  1. [1]What Is Trending on Google This Summer — Google
Share Article:
🏛️

Written by The Foods That Shaped Us Research Desk

The Foods That Shaped Us Research Desk is the publication byline for collaboratively maintained food-history articles, Case Files, Trend Desk analysis, and original Recipe Desk development. Historical work is grounded in cited sources. Recipes use measured formulations and receive an editorial consistency, safety-note, and image-provenance review before release.

Source-led editorial process·Read our Editorial Standards