Saffron Ice Cream

In my childhood in Iran, our favorite summer treat was a creamy, elastic, sweet ice cream flavored with rose water and saffron, and garnished with pistachios. After a siesta on a long, hot summer afternoon, my sisters and I were happiest when we could soak all our senses in an ice cream sandwich. We held, in both hands, a scoop of ice cream between two round crispy wafers. Eating it was an art we perfected with practice. The idea was to make the ice cream last as long as possible without it