Bastani Explained

Bastani
Alternate Name:	Persian ice cream, saffron ice cream
Country:	(Ancient Persia)
Type:	Ice cream
Served:	Cold
Main Ingredient:	Milk, cream, sugar, flavorings (e.g. fruit puree or nut paste)

Bastani (Persian: بستنی), locally known as Persian: italic=unset|bastani sonnati (Persian: بستنی سنتی "traditional ice cream") or Persian: italic=unset|bastani sonnati zaferani (Persian: بستنی سنتی زعفرانی "traditional saffron ice cream"), is an Iranian ice cream made from milk, yolk, sugar, rose water, saffron, vanilla, and pistachios. It is known widely as Persian ice cream. Bastani often contains flakes of frozen clotted cream.^{[1] [2]} Sometimes, salep is included as an ingredient.

Āb havij bastani (Persian: آب هویج بستنی ) is an ice cream float using carrot juice and occasionally, may be garnished with cinnamon, nutmeg, or other spices.

History

The history of bastani probably began around 500 BCE in the Achaemenid Empire of Persia.^{[3] [4]} Various syrups would be poured over snow to produce summertime treats called "fruit ice" (sharbat). 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 BCE, the Persians also invented a sorbet made with rose water and vermicelli called faloodeh (Persian: پالوده).^[5] Persians introduced ice cream and faloodeh to Arabs after the Arab invasion of Iran and the fall of Persian Sasanian Empire.^[6]

See also

• Pistachio ice cream
• Faloodeh
• Kulfi
• Spumoni

Notes and References

1. Web site: بستنیِ سنتیِ زعفرانی . iranchef . 9 April 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131025011522/http://www.iranchef.com/learning/coffeeshop/000805.php . 25 October 2013 . dead .
2. News: بستنی ایرانی چگونه ساخته می‌شد - سالارکتاب: اطلاعات معتبر و مستند. https://web.archive.org/web/20180826150221/http://salarketab.ir/%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%DA%86%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AE%D8%AA%D9%87-%D9%85%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%B4%D8%AF/. dead. August 26, 2018. 2018-08-25. سالارکتاب: اطلاعات معتبر و مستند. 2018-10-03. fa-IR.
3. Web site: Who Invented Ice Cream? - Ice Cream Inventor. www.icecreamhistory.net. en. 2018-08-31. History of ice creams begun around 500 BCE in the Persian Empire where ice was used in combination with grape juices, fruits, and other flavors to produce very expensive and hard to produce summertime treats..
4. Book: Book of Firsts. RW Press. 9781909284296. en. c. 550-330 BC, First mention of flavoured snow or ice : during the Persian Empire.
5. http://www.thenibble.com/reviews/main/desserts/the-history-of-ice-cream.asp The History of Ice Cream & The Ice Cream Cone
6. News: علی (ع) و فالوده‌ خوردن با ایرانیان - سالارکتاب: اطلاعات معتبر و مستند. https://web.archive.org/web/20180622062627/http://salarketab.ir/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C-%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%B9%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%B9/. dead. June 22, 2018. 2018-06-02. سالارکتاب: اطلاعات معتبر و مستند. 2018-10-03. fa-IR.