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Bastani Sonnati (بستنی سنتی)
Traditional Persian ice cream with saffron and rose - the original.
Hard⏱️ 45 mins + freezing🍽️ 8
🥄 Ingredients
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 can (390g) condensed milk
- ½ tsp saffron, steeped in 2 tbsp hot milk
- 2 tbsp rose water
- 1 cup salep (or cornstarch)
- ½ cup pistachios, chopped
- ½ cup frozen cream pieces (optional, traditional)
📝 Instructions
- 1
Dissolve salep in a little cold milk.
- 2
Heat cream with condensed milk, add salep mixture.
- 3
Cook until slightly thickened, stirring constantly.
- 4
Remove from heat, add saffron milk and rose water.
- 5
Cool completely, then churn in ice cream maker.
- 6
Add pistachios and frozen cream pieces in last 5 minutes.
- 7
Freeze until firm.
- 8
Serve between two wafers (like ice cream sandwich).
💡 Pro Tips
- ✓Salep gives the chewy texture, but cornstarch is a substitute
- ✓Traditional serving is between thin wafers
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Prep Time
30 mins
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Cook Time
15 mins
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Total Time
45 mins + freezing
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