Sheer Yakh

Name: Sheer Yakh
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Afghan
Ingredients: 4 cups cream; 1 cup sugar; 2 tbsp rosewater; 1/4 cup crushed pistachios

شیر یخ/sheer yakh/

Also known as: Afghan Ice Cream

About this dish

A traditional Afghan ice cream, rich with cream and flavored with rosewater and pistachio.

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Ingredients

🥛4 cups cream

🍬1 cup sugar

🌹2 tbsp rosewater

🌰1/4 cup crushed pistachios

Method

Serves 2

Heat cream and sugar together until the sugar dissolves.

Stir in rosewater and cardamom.

Cool the mixture completely.

Churn in an ice cream maker, or freeze while stirring periodically.

Serve topped with crushed pistachios.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Sheer yakh is a traditional Afghan frozen dessert, often churned by hand and flavored with cardamom and rosewater.

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