Persian Desserts Recipes: Good Food Cookbook

By Bryan Rylee

This cookbook will take you on a journey through the various byways of Persian Cuisine, particularly its recipes for desserts.  Learn how to whip up tasty treats like cookies, pastries, and other sweets, with the characteristic Persian flavor. Passion often trumps talent, even in cooking. If you get into this journey with the right attitude, nothing will go wrong.

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Heirs Publishing Company
• Release date: Oct 26, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386099079

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Table of Contents

Introduction: Persian Desserts: The Perfect Ending to a Meal

Chapter 1: Persia in a Plate

Chapter 2: Fruits in Desserts

Grapes Molasses

Heaven on a stick of sugary goodness that is bursting of flavour with every bite

Persian Grapes

Simplicity sometimes brings breathtaking emotions and with a plate of grapes, simply prepared, you get perfection

Persian Fruit Salad

Not all that is healthy will taste good, but a bowl of this dish can make your heart do cartwheels

Fresh Melon and Peach Compote

A perfect mix of two delicious fruits, complementing each other perfectly on the plate and in your mouth

Dried Fruit and Nut Compote

This is all about texture, flavour with the right amount of sweetness to bring you

to flight

Chapter 3: Pastries, Cakes, Cookies and Pies

Bow Tie Pastry

Good enough to look at and even good enough to eat because sometimes the eat and the tongue go together

Baklava

Some traditions are worth keeping through the ages because with every layer of this lovely pastry, history is being told

Iranian Cupcake

Some good things occur in small packages. A cupcake oozing of different flavours

Persian Cookie

Do not underestimate this simple looking cookie. There is a reason it is a favourite all over Iran

Cream Puff Pastry

Clouds that are cream-filled surprise, it will make you sigh in wonder

Tiramisu

Liquor and coffee in an amazing confection, you cannot find anything more spectacular than that

Persian Raisin Cookies

This will be the best cookie you will ever have... it literally melts in your mouth

Chapter 4: Puddings and Cold Disserts

Saffron Ice Cream

A richly flavoured treat to be enjoyed by people of all ages

Paloodeh

Cool off and forget the heat with a glass of amazing flavour and taste

Beef Yogurt

Unique savoury desserts that will make your mouth crave and water for more

Shir Berenj

A true favourite in Persian cuisine that will easily become a favourite in your own home

Rose Water Pudding

An amazing twist to the Turkish delight that people have always loved and enjoyed

Saffron Rice Pudding

A party of nuts and fruits to bring flavour and experience that will make your appetite celebrate in glee

Chapter 5: Rice Cakes and Sweets

Pomegranate Sweet

A sweet that may just be as precious as the jewel that it mimics as a clear, crystalline goodness

Dates and Walnuts Roulette

Who said you have to visit the casino to experience an interesting roulette?

Zoolbia

Swirls of sweet cake that will surely bring a unique smile