Category: Sorbet & Ice cream

  • Lime sorbet

    Lime sorbet

    Lime sorbet

    Lime Sorbet is a light refreshing end to any meal. A great dairy free desert. Ingredients
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    Total Time 6 hours
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Persian
    Servings 4 people
    Calories 937 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup white sugar
    • 2 1/2 cups water
    • 2 1/2 cups lime juice
    • 1 egg white

    Instructions
     

    • In a large heavy based saucepan, dissolve the sugar in the water. When the sugar is fully dissolved, gradually bring to the boil and continue to boil for about 5-6 minutes. Leave to cool.
    • Combine the lime juice and sugar syrup mixing well. Place in the freezer for about 4 – 6 hours until ice is beginning to form.
    • Roughly chop and blend with either a hand-held blender or a regular blender until the mixture is of a slushy consistency.
    • Beat the egg white until it is white and stiff peaks are formed.
    • Slowly and carefully fold the lime mixture into the egg white. Great care is to be taken to unsure the mixture is well combined, but the air is not removed from the egg white.
    • Place in a well sealed container and quickly return to the freezer.

    Notes

    Lemon juice or a combination of lemon and lime juice can be used in this recipe according to taste.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 937kcalCarbohydrates: 250gProtein: 6gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 93mgPotassium: 761mgFiber: 2gSugar: 210gVitamin A: 303IUVitamin C: 182mgCalcium: 107mgIron: 1mg
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  • Stretchy Ice Cream – Bastani

    Stretchy Ice Cream – Bastani

    Stretchy Ice Cream – Bastani Salap

    This Ice Cream is very quick and easy to make. The use of salep adds elasticity and results in a marsh mallow like appearance. The delicate flavours of rosewater and saffron create the subtle distinction of this traditional recipe.
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    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Freezing Time 2 hours
    Total Time 2 hours 15 minutes
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Persian
    Servings 8 people
    Calories 218 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 500 ml full cream milk
    • 250 ml whipping cream
    • 3/4 cup caster sugar
    • 1 tsp rose water
    • 1 tsp salep
    • 1 tsp saffron powder

    Instructions
     

    • Place all the ingredients except the salep in a blender and blend until the sugar is dissolved.
    • Add the salep and blend until the mixture is thick.
    • Pour into a deep container that is suitable to freeze and place in the freezer for about 4-6 hours until the mixture is partly frozen.
    • Put the mixture back into the blender and blend for a couple of minutes until all the frozen ice-cream is mixed with the liquid.
    • Put into a storage container and freeze until hard.

    Notes

    Western flavours can be used in this ice cream, resulting in a mix of Western and Persian tastes. I have blended a few Blueberries into the mixture, or added chocolate topping instead of the Rose Water and Saffron.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 218kcalCarbohydrates: 23gProtein: 3gFat: 13gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 33mgPotassium: 127mgSugar: 23gVitamin A: 567IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 100mgIron: 1mg
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  • Chocolate Banana Ice Cream

    Chocolate Banana Ice Cream

    I have been discovering different ways to use salap and creating various flavors of ice cream. Chocolate Banana Ice Cream is great way of including fruit in a yummy desert.

    Evaporated milk is a basic in many older recipes in Australia and combined with salap adds a different flavor and texture to the traditional ice cream. The salap adds that marshmallow effect that adds that Persian twist.

    Chocolate Banana Ice Cream

    An easy, delightful use of bananas. Chocolate Banana Ice cream is a firm favorite.
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    Prep Time 20 minutes
    Cook Time 1 hour
    Freezing Time 2 hours
    Total Time 4 hours 20 minutes
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine Persian
    Servings 8
    Calories 207 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 2 bananas
    • 1/3 cup hot chocolate powder
    • 1 can evaporated milk
    • 300 ml cream
    • 1/3 cup sugar
    • 1/2 tsp salap

    Instructions
     

    • Blend all ingredients in a blender till well combined
    • Refrigerate for about 2 hours until very cold
    • Churn in an ice-cream maker for about 20 minutes until the mixture resembles soft serve
    • Freeze for about 2 hours to harden before use

    Notes

    Salap makes this ice cream marshmallow like in texture resembling true Persian Bastani ice-cream

    Nutrition

    Calories: 207kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 2gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 53mgPotassium: 142mgFiber: 1gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 574IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 32mgIron: 1mg
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