<p dir="ltr">One of the delicious side dishes you must taste in Isfahan is “Khoresh Mast”.<br />
Even originally the name of this dessert is Khoresh which means stew but it is not really a stew, it is a sweet dessert.<br />
This dessert is made from ingredients like almond, sour yogurt, sugar, egg yolk, rose water, saffron and lamb neck meat.<br />
Even if there is meat inside the desert, you cannot find any taste of meat inside it.<br />
Remember you cannot find this desert in any place of the country but just in Isfahan itself.<br />
Khoresh Mast is similar to a soft sticky saffron ice cream. It is served cold and it is a very expensive dessert. In the safavid era, just the king's family and wealthy people could afford to eat this kind of desert.<br />
Ingredients for Khoresh Mast recipe<br />
1- A very thick and sticky yogurt without salt ………………………………. 2 and half cups<br />
2- Meet of lamb neck………………………………………………………….. 250 gr<br />
3- Rose water …………………………………………………………………. 1 spoon<br />
4- Sugar………………………………………………………………………… 2 and half cups<br />
5- Saffron………………………………………………………………………… Adequately<br />
6- Walnut………………………………………………………………………… 1 spoon<br />
7- Almond………………………………………………………………………... 1 spoon<br />
8- Salt, pepper and turmeric…………………………………………………… Adequately<br />
9- Pistachio, almond and barberry …………………………………………… Adequately<br />
10- Small onion………………………………………………………………….. 1 piece<br />
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How to prepare Khoresh Mast<br />
1- Boil chopped onion, meat and turmeric in a big pan until it is baked and remove the bones. mash until its color changes to white.<br />
2- Bake yogurt and sugar until boiling.<br />
3- Add the meat to the mixture of yogurt and sugar.<br />
4- After boiling and mixing ingredients add walnut, almond, saffron, rose water, salt and pepper, and egg yolk.<br />
5- After boiling enough, pour the mixture into your proper dish and decorate it with almond, pistachio and barberry.<br />
6- Let the dish rest for 24 hours in the refrigerator.<br />
7- Serve the dish cold like ice-cream.<br />
Important notes to prepare a good and edible yummy Khoresh Mast:<br />
1- Mash the meat adequately, the more the result would be proper.<br />
2- You can fry two or three spoons of fried barberry which makes Khoresh must tastier.<br />
3- You can add cardamom and cinnamon to the mixture.<br />
4- During boiling you can add egg yolk, this makes the paste thicker and stickier.<br />
5- Use full fat yogurt, avoid using low fat yogurt, it makes the mixture looser.<br />
6- Use low fat meat, remove fat from meat because you are using walnuts and full fat yogurt.<br />
7- Remove fats and grease from boiling meat water.<br />
8- Gently stir and mix yogurt before boiling yogurt.<br />
9- Instead of using sugar you can use sugar powder.<br />
Next time you visit Isfahan, never forget to taste Khoresh Mast.<br />
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