Strawberry Rosewater Gelato

Rosewater is used in many different cultures to flavor desserts. In Iran it is also added to tea, ice cream, cookies and other sweets in small quantities, and in the Arab world and India it is used to flavour milk and dairy-based dishes such as rice pudding. In Malaysia and Singapore, rose water is mixed with milk, sugar and pink food colouring to make a sweet drink called bandung.



I was thrilled to find some at an ethnic grocery store, and I pulled together this gelato. This would have been perfect with a little madeline cookie on the side.