Kolompeh ( Persian: کلمپه) is an Iranian

pastry Pastry is baked food made with a dough of flour, water and shortening (solid fats, including butter or lard) that may be savoury or sweetened. Sweetened pastries are often described as '' bakers' confectionery''. The word "pastries" suggests ...

baked in the city of

Kerman Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in 221,389 households, ma ...

. Kolompeh looks like a

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with a mixture of minced dates with

cardamom Cardamom (), sometimes cardamon or cardamum, is a spice made from the seeds of several plants in the genera '' Elettaria'' and '' Amomum'' in the family Zingiberaceae. Both genera are native to the Indian subcontinent and Indonesia. They ar ...

powder and other flavoring inside. Dates,

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walnuts A walnut is the edible seed of a drupe of any tree of the genus ''Juglans'' (family Juglandaceae), particularly the Persian or English walnut, ''Juglans regia''. Although culinarily considered a "nut" and used as such, it is not a true bot ...

and

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are the main ingredients. Pistachios or sesame powder are often used for decorating kolompeh.

History

Kolompeh traditionally was baked by Kermani women using local oils, dates from Kerman date palms, Persian walnuts, local cardamom, sesame, and local wheat flour. Industrially produced kolompeh has now become one of the main Kerman souvenirs. It is manufactured using a variety of formats with a variety of nuts.

Variants

A Turkish variant of this pastry called ''kolumpe kurabiyesi'' is made of wheat flour, dates, walnuts, almonds, pistachios, and vegetable oil.

History

Variants

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