Recipes - Sikarni

Ingredients:

• 6 cups regular yogurt
• 2 cups sour cream
• 1/4 cup double cream
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teapoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1 teaspoon saffron (optional)
• 1 cup unsalted, shelled pistachio nuts, cut into thin slices

Cooking Instructions:

In a large bowl, mix yogurt and sour cream together. Pour the yogurt mixture into a large colander with a cheese cloth liner. Allow draining for about 12 hours. Transfer the mixture into a mixing bowl. Dissolve saffron, if used, in luke warm cream. To the yogurt mixture add sugar, cinnamon, black pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, dissolved saffron, and pistachio nuts; fold in thoroughly. Chill overnight in refrigerator. To serve, scoop a cup of chilled dessert into a serving plate, topped with a generous amount of unsalted, shelled, whole pistachio nuts.