13/09/2026
Have you ever heard of anything as delicious as buttery brioche, Kahlúa cream and a salty pistachio crumb? 🤤
They’re soft, creamy, boozy and a little messy - with Murray River Salt Flakes folded through at the very end for those tiny, crunchy hits of salt that keep all that sweetness in check.
Save for your next dinner party: Kahlúa & mascarpone buns with salted pistachio crumb
Ingredients
For the buns
* 6 small brioche or milk buns
* 30g unsalted butter, melted
Kahlúa mascarpone cream
* 250g mascarpone
* 200ml thickened cream, cold
* 50g icing sugar
* 2 tbsp Kahlúa
* 1 tsp vanilla extract
Salted pistachio crumb
* 80g roasted unsalted pistachios
* 30g brown sugar
* ½ tsp ground cinnamon
* 1 tsp Murray River Salt Flakes
To finish
* Extra finely chopped pistachios
* Murray River Salt Flakes
Method
1. Blitz the pistachios, brown sugar and cinnamon into a coarse, sandy crumb. Not too fine, we want some texture. Tip into a bowl and gently fold through the Murray River Salt Flakes, keeping those delicate flakes intact.
2. Beat the mascarpone, cream, icing sugar, Kahlúa and vanilla until thick, silky and just firm enough to pipe. Spoon into a piping bag.
3. Give the buns a quick warm in a low oven until soft and pillowy. Make a small opening in the top of each and pipe in the mascarpone cream. Be generous. This isn’t the moment for restraint.
4. Brush the buns all over with melted butter, then sprinkle the salted pistachio crumb until thoroughly coated.
5. Finish with extra pistachio and a final scattering of Murray River Salt Flakes. Best eaten immediately, while the bun is soft, the filling is cold and the salt still has its crunch. Perfect with an afternoon coffee!
6. The important bit: add the Murray River Salt Flakes after blitzing the pistachio crumb. Keeping the flakes intact gives you those little pops of salt against the sweet Kahlúa mascarpone, which is precisely the point.