The syrup of orange juice balances its sweetness and makes it moist. You’ll never get tired of eating this buns, since it’s a kind of sweet bread for a better chewy texture, use all-purpose flour.

Ingredients

• 300g/10.5oz all purpose Flour
• 2-3 tsp Cinnamon
• 4 tbsp Brown Sugar
• 2 Egg
• 100g/3.5oz of Milk
• 100g/3.5oz of Butter
• 7g/0.2oz of Yeast
• pinch of Vanilla
• pinch of Salt

Syrup ingredients

• 100g/3.5oz water
• 3-4 tbsp Brown sugar
• 1 orange juice

Preparation

– Dissolve yeast in a bit of cold milk.

– Slightly heat the rest of the milk, butter, 1 tbsp sugar, salt, and vanilla.

– Mix to dissolve sugar and salt.

– In a big bowl combine: flour, yeast, 1 egg and the butter mix.

– Create a dough and knead for 10 mins.

– Put the dough aside and proof for ⏳ 3 hours.

Syrup:

– Mix half a cup of water with orange juice and sugar.

– On high heat, mix till the sugar dissolves and the syrup becomes slightly dense. put it aside when its ready.

Filling:

– Mix the cinnamon with 2-3 tbsp of brown sugar.

Assemble

– Roll out dough into a large sheet of 1 cm/0.3inch and fold it on itself, wait 5 minutes to relax then roll out again.

➡️ Repeat this 2 times. This helps the dough to have a better layered texture.

– Stretch the dough for the last time spread the butter (room temperature) on its surface.

– Sprinkle the filling and start to roll it on itself.

– Cut each piece at 2cm/1inch

– Put the rolls on the baking tray, covered with parchment paper and proof for ⏳ 1 hour.

♨️ preheat the oven to 190C°/370F°

– Egg wash the surface of the rolls.

♨️⏳ Put them in the hot oven for 15 mins

+ 2 mins on the grill program to have a golden color on top

– Make some wholes with a toothpick and while they are warm, pour the syrup.

– Wait ⏳30 minutes so the rolls absorb the syrup and so they’ll be ready to serve!

Notes

• I’m not a fan but It’s common to add white sugar glaze on top if you like here is how: half cup of powdered sugar with 1 tbsp of melted butter add some drops of vanilla and mix lively until it gain a silky gooey texture.
• These Cinnamon Rolls are wonderful for parties with numerous people. You can bake them a day before and serve them at room tempreture.

Enjoy 🙂

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What is Zereshk? It’s Barberry.

It is a type of berry that grows in arid mountain areas up to 2000m/6561f of height. A vitamin-C-rich fruit which is sour, that’s why it’s a great match with greasy food because it balances the flavors and in general Persian food has a penchant for sourness.

In case you don’t have Zereshk, replace it with one of these berries:

• Ribes/currant
• Raspberries

Ingredients | 2-3 servings

• 3-4 Chicken thighs & legs
• 1tbsp Tomato paste
• A handful of dried Zereshk/Barberries
• 1 teaspoon Turmeric
• 1 white Onion
• Salt and Black Pepper
• Clarified butter
• Slices of Almonds (optional)
• 1 spring of Rosemary (optional)

While cooking the chicken, start cooking the Persian rice. Here is the recipe of white rice.

Preparation

– In a big pot add clarified butter (or the oil of your choice), followed by chicken tights.

– Stir fry the chicken until browning.

– Add onion, turmeric, salt, pepper.

– Add 1 cup of boiling water and set the heat to low.

– Cover with the lid and cook for ⏳ 40 mins.

– In a small pan stir fry tomato paste to have a more vivid red color (Optional).

– Add the tomato paste to chickens.

– Cook for another ⏳ 30 minutes.

Preparation of Zereshk/Berries:

– Wash the Zereshk using a sieve.

– In a pan add: oil + Zereshk + 1tsp sugar + a bit of ground saffron and salt. Stir fry for ⏳ 1 minute.

– Add 2-3 tbsp of cooked rice and almonds (optional), mix them well.

– The topping for the rice is ready.

Back to the chicken pot:

After cooking zeresh polo for an hour, the chicken becomes tender and gains the red color of tomato paste, that is when it is ready, check the seasoning before serving.

Notes

• Some people like to eat this dish with sides like white greek yogurt, raw onions & fresh herbs (سبزی خوردن).
• If you like less red chicken feel free to add less tomato paste, in many restaurants, this dish doesn’t have an intense red color and it’s less sour.

Serve it with basmati rice, zereshk & saffron rice on top and the chickens aside.

Noosh-e-jan (buon appetito) ☺️

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