Traditional Iranian Ice Cream to die for.
You can cook Traditional Iranian Ice Cream to die for using 8 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Traditional Iranian Ice Cream to die for
- It’s 4 tablespoons of powdered sahlab, or 1 cup cornstarch.
- You need 4 cups of liquid milk.
- It’s 1 cup of sugar.
- It’s 1/2 cup of whipping cream.
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of mastic.
- Prepare 1/4 teaspoon of saffron, ground.
- Prepare 3 tablespoons of rosewater.
- It’s 2 tablespoons of pistachios, sliced.
Traditional Iranian Ice Cream to die for step by step
- Soak the saffron in the rose water and set aside for the saffron to release its color..
- In a bowl, dilute the sahlab in a cup of cold milk; keep mixing until it has an even consistency..
- Meanwhile, crush the mastic with a teaspoon of sugar and set aside..
- Dissolve the rest of the sugar with the remaining 3 cups of milk and cook over medium heat..
- When the milk starts to boil, add in the sahlab-milk mixture and the crushed mastic. Continue to cook over medium heat while stirring instantly..
- When the mixture is thick and somehow elastic, remove from heat. Add in the rosewater-saffron mix and stir. Transfer the mix into a bowl, let cool and then put in the freezer for 2 hours..
- When the mixture is frozen, transfer to an ice cream machine (or food processor) and process..
- Spread the whipping cream in a tray and freeze until a crust is formed..
- When you take the tray out from the freezer, leave for a couple of minutes then divide the whipping cream crust into small pieces. Mix the pieces of crust with the processed ice cream then refreeze..
- To serve, sprinkle each portion with sliced pistachios..