Sikarni (Spiced Sweet Yogurt-Pistachio Dessert)

Ingredients

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

Directions

1. 1In a large bowl, mix yogurt and sour cream together.
2. 2Pour the yogurt mixture into a large colander with a cheese cloth liner. Allow draining for about 12 hours.
3. 3Transfer the mixture into a mixing bowl.
4. 4Dissolve saffron in lukewarm cream.
5. 5To the yogurt mixture add sugar, cinnamon, black pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, dissolved saffron, and pistachio nuts; fold in thoroughly.
6. 6Chill overnight in refrigerator.
7. 7To serve, scoop a cup of chilled dessert into a serving plate, topped with a generous amount of unsalted, shelled, whole pistachio nuts.