Kermanshah Pearl
Clean, soft and fragrant, served with Kermanshah's rice cookies.
Ingredients
| Ingredient | ml | oz |
|---|---|---|
| Vodka | 40 ml | 1⅓ oz |
| Junmai sake | 20 ml | ⅔ oz |
| Cardamom syrup · homemade, P03 | 7.5 ml | ¼ oz |
| Culinary rose water | 1 drop |
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chilled Nick & Nora or small coupe
stirred with ice, served up
none in the glass; a nan berenji cookie on the side
The story
Kermanshah sits beneath the cliffs of Bisotun and Taq-e Bostan, where ancient kings carved their stories into rock, and where legend says Farhad carved a mountain for the love of Shirin. The city is also famous for nan berenji: delicate rice-flour cookies scented with rose water and cardamom, sprinkled with poppy seeds. This pale, pearl-clear drink uses sake as a nod to rice, with the cookie’s cardamom and rose.
Method
- Chill the glass.
- Stir all ingredients with ice for 20 seconds.
- Strain into the chilled glass.
- Serve with one nan berenji cookie on a small plate.
How it tastes
Soft and silky, with a gentle rice sweetness from sake, warm cardamom and the faintest scent of rose.
Persian taste: shirin (sweet), aromatic
Pair it with
- Food: A light plate of cucumber, feta and fresh herbs.
- Sweet: Nan berenji, Kermanshah’s rose and cardamom rice cookies.
- Snack: Dried white mulberries
Variations
Gin pearl
Use a soft gin instead of vodka.
Lower-alcohol pearl
30 ml vodka and 30 ml sake.
Rose-cardamom pearl
Add the rose and cardamom version of P04 (5 ml) in place of the rose water.
Balancing tips
- Keep sake refrigerated after opening and use within a couple of weeks.
- One drop of rose water is enough; the cookie supplies the rest.
Allergens
- Egg, butter and poppy seeds, possibly, in the nan berenji served alongside
- Contains alcohol. Please drink responsibly.
Development notes
- Status: draft recipe, not yet taste-tested.
- Check sweetness at 7.5 ml cardamom syrup.
- Inspiration: Original house recipe.
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Kermanshah, imagined
