Bastani

 ( Iranian Desserts ) 

Bastani (), locally known as bastani sonnati ( "traditional ice cream") or bastani sonnati zaferani ( "traditional saffron ice cream"), is an Iranian cuisine ice cream made from milk, yolk, sugar, rose water, saffron, vanilla, and . It is known widely as Persian ice cream. Bastani often contains flakes of frozen clotted cream. Sometimes, salep is included as an ingredient.

Āb havīj bastani () is an ice cream float using carrot juice and occasionally, may be garnished with cinnamon, nutmeg, or other .

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History The history of bastani probably began around 500 BC in the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.

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Various would be poured over snow to produce summertime treats called "fruit ice" (sorbet). Typically, the ice was mixed with saffron, grape juices, fruits, and other flavours. The Macedonian leader Alexander the Great, who battled the Persians for ten years, enjoyed "fruit ices" sweetened with honey and chilled with snow.

In 400 BC, the Persians also invented a sorbet made with rose water and vermicelli called faloodeh (). The History of Ice Cream & The Ice Cream Cone Persians introduced ice cream and faloodeh to Arabs after the Arab invasion of Iran and the fall of Persian Sasanian Empire.

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See also

• Pistachio ice cream
• Faloodeh
• Kulfi
• Mashti Malone's in Los Angeles, California
• Spumoni

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