Pastries

Qottab

قطاب

Yazd, Iran

Yazdi qottab are fried pastry crescents filled with almond, sugar and cardamom, then dusted with icing sugar.

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What it is

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Yazdi qottab are fried pastry crescents filled with almond, sugar and cardamom, then dusted with icing sugar.

What to look for

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The shell should be crisp and blistered while the nut filling stays fragrant; buy them from Yazd confectioners.

Where it belongs

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Native to

Yazd, Iran

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