A sweet saffron omelette

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    2–4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Pomegranates & Artichokes: Recipes and memories of a journey from Iran to Italy

By Saghar Setareh

Published 2023

  • About

Many sweets in Iran, especially the ones from the region of Azerbaijan (where this omelette is from) involve pouring hot syrup over cooked or baked batter — similar to the technique used in making baklava. This sweet breakfast omelette, from Tabriz in north-west Iran, may be the easiest of them all.

Both my maternal grandparents, born and raised in north Khorasan (in north-east Iran), have always said they’re originally from Tabriz. Although the my