Category: Persian Dessert and Sweets Recipes

All kinds of sweet Persian recipes

  • Persian Almond Cookies - Ghorabieh

    Ghorabieh – Persian Almond Cookies

    Ghorabieh is a soft chewy almond macaroon popular in Iran. This version doesn’t use flour, and is Gluten Free. The rose water and cardamom adds a lovely middle eastern flavour…

  • sour cherry and oat cookies

    Sour Cherry and Oat Cookies

    Sour cherry and oat cookies is the first of my experimenting with the sour cherries, to add a Persian twist to some of our regular Western recipes. This is a…

  • Lime sorbet

    Lime Sorbet is a light refreshing end to any meal. A great dairy free desert.

  • Stretchy Ice Cream – Bastani

    This Ice Cream is very quick and easy to make. The use of salep adds elasticity and results in a marsh mallow like appearance.

  • Moist Date Cake

    Moist Date Cake

    A wonderful moist date cake. This is a firm favourite and I often am asked for this recipe. I soak the dates in coffee to dd that extra moistness and…

  • Saffron Butter Cookies

    Saffron Butter Cookies

    These saffron butter cookies are a firm favourite in our household. It is a traditional butter cookie recipe I learnt at Home Economics at High School, with the addition of…

  • Chocolate Banana Ice Cream

    Chocolate Banana Ice Cream is great way of including fruit in a yummy desert.