Strawberry Pistachio Mille-Feuillantines

• 1/2 cup shelled natural pistachios (about 2 1/2 ounces)
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 large egg whites
• 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise
• 1 cup chilled heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
• 1 pound small strawberries (about 1 pint), trimmed
• confectioners' sugar for dusting
• Garnish: 4 small strawberries and chopped pistachios

1. Preheat oven to 325 F. and spray a heavy or non-stick baking sheet with cooking spray or line with parchment paper.
2. Rub off loose skins from pistachios and in a food processor grind nuts with granulated sugar.
3. In a bowl whisk together pistachio mixture, flour, and salt and whisk in whites, butter, and vanilla until combined well.
4. Drop rounded teaspoons batter 5 inches apart onto baking sheet and with back of a spoon spread into 3 1/2- to 4-inch rounds.
5. Bake wafers in middle of oven 8 minutes, or until golden.
6. Working quickly, transfer hot wafers with a thin metal spatula to a rack to cool completely.
7. (If wafers become too crisp to remove from baking sheet, return to oven 1 minute, or until heated through and pliable.)
8. Make more wafers with remaining batter in same manner, spraying or re-lining sheet for each batch.
9. Wafers may be made 2 days ahead and kept in an airtight container at room temperature.
10. Makes 16 to 20 wafers.
11. Into a chilled bowl scrape seeds of vanilla bean and add cream and granulated sugar.
12. With a whisk or an electric mixer beat mixture until it holds stiff peaks.
13. Whipped cream may be made 2 hours ahead and chilled, covered.
14. Whisk cream briefly before using.
15. Put a wafer in center of each of 4 plates.
16. Spread about 2 tablespoons whipped cream on each wafer, leaving a 1/4-inch border, and top with half of strawberries.
17. Put another wafer on top of strawberries and top in same manner with remaining cream and strawberries.
18. Dust 4 wafers with confectioners' sugar and put on top of desserts.
19. Garnish each mille-feuillantine with a strawberry and sprinkle plates with pistachios.

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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/strawberry-pistachio-mille-feuillantines-14025 (may not work)