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

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amusedmonkey
amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
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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.

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  • Lourdesong
    Lourdesong Posts: 1,492 Member
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    Looks like a kind of baklava to me.
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 33,950 Member
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    No idea, could you send it to me? For science...
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
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    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
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 9,964 Member
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    kind of hard to tell from an overview. Side-on might be more informative. (or ship us each a few pieces for investigation) :smile:

    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
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    edited May 2017
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    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
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    edited May 2017
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    http://www.shop.koolleh.com/product/persian-cubic-sohan/

    It is on the data base under sohan
  • VeryKatie
    VeryKatie Posts: 5,931 Member
    edited May 2017
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    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
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,309 Member
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    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
    OHFlamingo Posts: 239 Member
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    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
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
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    Thanks everyone. Mystery solved. I guess I will be logging it as pistachio brittle.

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