So good to see you back, Zinnur! The cookies look marvelous. I'm afraid I don't have a good solution to the tempering problem without a special machine, though...my method has just been to work as quickly as possible!
Cookworm, thanks, good to back... I've been blogging in Turkish, and my negligence of this blog has been weighing heavy on my conscious. i hope that i can keep it up.
I saw these in Marthas place in december and wanted to make them for christmas. But didn't do it and you have made them so beautiful and delicious.
Happy Cook, thanks. Maybe you saw her Sarah Bernhardt recipe,too. i would like to try those if i knew how to solve the tempering problem.
Salam Zinnur, its so good to see you back here. I keep coming here in the hope to find something new from you. I also keep visiting your turkish blog even if i can't understand anything but your nice photos are enough satisfaction for me! Better than nothing.
Your cookies looks so marvellous. I also read the comments of others about the hard processing but of course i know that such a good baker like you will not encounter such difficulties.
I only wonder how was their taste with salty pistachios? or did you use unsalted ones?
Thanx for coming back and i appreciate your effort. Its surely not easy to run 2 blogs!
Tas
Wow, sooo unique, they look great! 
Tas, thank you for your kind and encouraging comment. The pistachios i used were of the unsalted variety. i believe i got them from Trader Joe's. If you only have access to salted pistachios, try boiling them in water for 2 minutes, then drain and dry them in a 200F oven. i tried this with salted macademias, and it worked very well.
Thanks, Jennifer.
I've never seen a pistachio cookie so it of course looks good...but covered in chocolate, I'm sold.
tres belle recette sur un tres beau blog que je decouvre.. bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!
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