Sour Cherry and Pistachio Danish | Saveur

Ingredients

• 1 ³⁄₄ cups (225 g) dried sour cherries
• 1 ¹⁄₂ cups (350 ml) orange liqueur such as Cointreau or Grand Marnier
• 5 star anise
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 dried chile de árbol, stemmed
• Juice and finely grated zest of 1½ oranges (about ⅓ cup juice)
• Kosher salt
• 2 large egg yolks
• 1 tbsp. plus 1 tsp. heavy cream
• 1 batch Tartine’s Croissants dough (pg. 28), prepared through Step 7
• Bread flour, for dusting
• ¹⁄₄ cup lightly toasted pistachios, cooled and crushed to a coarse powder in a food processor