Persian pastry & sweets

There are a lot of delicious Persian sweets and pastries made by natural ingredients, with no chemical preservative or animal rooted material. This can be good news for vegetarians and vegans. For instance, one of the most delicious of such traditional Persian sweets is Gaz (pic 1).

It is widely known as Persian nougat in American and European countries, which made by the essence of the Gaz tree in reference to a species of Tamarisk, which is grown naturally in the Zagros mountains. Of course, to finalize it, pistachios, almond, rose water, sugar (or corn syrup), egg white, and wealth flour add to the mixture. Iranians believe in the nature of foodstuffs and ingredients and balancing them and their tastes.Thus, they cook the foods, prepare the garnish, or serve the dishes and beverages in a way that creates a balance between tastes and nature.

In this regard, they drink Iranian black bitter tea together with plenty of Persian sweets, such as crystallized sugar, which is called Nabat (pic 2) Persian Baklava (pic 3), or Sohan (pic 4).

Sohan is a traditional Persian brittle toffee. Its ingredients consist of wheat sprout, flour, egg yolks, rose water, sugar, butter or vegetable oil, saffron, cardamom, and slivers of almond and pistachio.