Iranian Bastani Sonnati Recipe
Bastani Sonnati, commonly known as Bastani, is a beloved Iranian ice cream made with ingredients such as saffron, milk, rose water, eggs, vanilla, sugar, and pistachios. It is particularly famous for incorporating salep, a flour derived from the tubers of wild orchids, which gives the ice cream its distinctive chewy texture.
Ingredients
- Full cream milk – 2 cups
- Heavy cream – 2 1/2 cups
- Egg yolks – 6-8
- Sugar: 2 cups
- Pistachio nuts: 1.5 cups
- Rose water – 3-4 tbsp
- Vanilla extract – 1 tbsp
- Salep – 1/2 tsp
- Saffron – 1/2 tsp
Instructions
- Spread the grease free paper onto the baking tray and pour cream over it, spread the cream to cover evenly and place in the freezer.
- Mix sugar and egg yolks in a bowl and beat well to make foamy, smooth mixture.
- Put the milk in a saucepan on a medium heat. Add saffron, salep and vanilla extract and stir continuously. Then add, the mixture of sugar and eggs in the hot milk, stirring slowly along to avoid clot formation. Continue, heating and stirring until the mixture is thick and creamy.
- Put the mixture into a mixing bowl and place in the refrigerator until chilled. Once chilled, stir the ice cream and mix with cream, chopped pistachios and rose water. Stir well to mix all the ingredients.
- Now, place it in the freezer and stir vigorously after every 30 minutes in order to remove any ice crystals formed. It should be ready in 2-3 hours.
- Take it out of the freezer and place, it in the fridge (4 ˚C) for some time to soften a bit. Your Bastani sonnati ice cream is now ready to serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 644kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 15gFat: 57gSaturated Fat: 28gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 305mgSodium: 205mgFiber: 3gSugar: 11g
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