Saffron and Rose Water Ice Cream

I would like to preface this by saying that I wholeheartedly believe that Bastani Sonnati (Persian Ice Cream) is the best ice cream to exist. Who knew that saffron, rose water, and pistachios together would create the greatest ice cream flavor known to mankind.

Churning the ice cream

Now that that is out of the way, I recently learned that frozen chunks of heavy cream are added into the ice cream so this time I decided to do just that and it truly elevated the ice cream.

It hits all the right notes from the fragrant rose water, the delicate and rich saffron, to the crunch and extra creaminess that the pistachios and chunks of heavy cream give it.

Though I wish I had some thin wafers to be able to make an ice cream sandwich with it like I've once had before, it was still delicious nonetheless. The only other thing that was missing the salep/sahlab powder, which I hope to have by the next time I make this again.

I could rave on and on all day about it but I won't, though I highly suggest that you try it.