The rose is beautiful, proud, and often cruel – used to represent the beloved (either worldly or spiritual), the prince, or the Prophet Mohammad. The rose (gol) and the nightingale (bolbol) is a popular theme in Persian literature and art. (I’m nervous to post that secret here because I’m certain importing it into the US is also somehow illegal.) But what an amazing moment in time we’re living in, where one click will bring rare wild orchid root from the other side of the world to your doorstep in just a few days! I was able to order proper sahlab from Greece via Etsy. The instant sahlab mixes you can find at the grocery (usually called salep) are made with artificial flavoring, and are notoriously terrible. The popularity of sahlab has caused the wild orchids from which it is obtained to near extinction so it’s now illegal to export true sahlab from Iran or Turkey. Some interesting things I learned while whipping up this batch of bastani: I was happy to find a recipe that utilizes sahlab from Sacha over at 729layers. It gets an extra dose of richness and texture from frozen chunks of heavy cream that are swirled into the base. Sahlab gives the ice cream bend and pull, almost like gluten, and it has a faint floral taste. It gets its texture from sahlab, which thickens like cornstarch. Bastani is a pistachio-studded, chewy, stretchy ice cream, subtly flavored with saffron and rose water.
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