Does anyone know what this is and how to log it?

amusedmonkey

My sister received this as a gift. I don't know what it is and the writing is in Persian so I can't read it. It looks like something fried with pistachios. I could log it as pistachios and move on, but I'm curious if anyone knows what it is.

Lourdesong

Looks like a kind of baklava to me.

cmriverside

No idea, could you send it to me? For science...

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amusedmonkey

It looks like this inside the box. Out of calories for today so I haven't tried it yet, but I want to plan it for tomorrow.

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lynn_glenmont

kind of hard to tell from an overview. Side-on might be more informative. (or ship us each a few pieces for investigation)

Google has many images of Iranian baklava. Yours looks a little ... deconstructed to me.

https://www.google.com/search?q=image+iranian+baklava&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS716US716&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiWw9uU-JXUAhXGeSYKHcwvA_0Q7AkIMg&biw=1472&bih=775

amusedmonkey

Found something! The round piece. Now I need to know what the other thing is (might be the same thing done in a different shape?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmaq0ZsTqVg

Edit: yes, after watching further, it looks like the same thing folded onto itself. Mystery solved! So, basically, brittle toffee with nuts.

manderson27

http://www.shop.koolleh.com/product/persian-cubic-sohan/

It is on the data base under sohan

VeryKatie

Looks like "Pistachio" brittle to me. But I don't actually know. Sorry.

http://sohankhodkar.com/#gkBottom2
Looks like the File Cakes (Phyllo cake?) except, as another user said, it looks deconstructed... lol dunno!

Verity1111

amusedmonkey wrote: »

Found something! The round piece. Now I need to know what the other thing is (might be the same thing done in a different shape?)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmaq0ZsTqVg

Edit: yes, after watching further, it looks like the same thing folded onto itself. Mystery solved! So, basically, brittle toffee with nuts.

Looks good!

OHFlamingo

I did a reverse image search on Google, and the closest I found was a candy called Sohan Qom, Sohan is a traditional Persian saffron brittle toffee. Its ingredients consist of wheat sprout, flour, egg yolks, rose water, sugar, butter, saffron, cardamom and slivers of almond and pistachio. It must be made in perfect measurements to become perfect as it has to be and the recipes are confidential. (youtube.com) So logging as almond or pistachio brittle might be close. I could be totally wrong, and this could be something else, but I learned a little about Persian candy today.

amusedmonkey

Thanks everyone. Mystery solved. I guess I will be logging it as pistachio brittle.