Source: Atlas Obscura
Pashmak in Persian means “like wool,” but that’s certainly not what the delicate strands of this melt-in-your-mouth Iranian sweet taste like. While in the past, pashmak might have been made by home cooks, the space, time, and skills required to perfect this dessert have relegated it to the hands of professional confectioners who use industrial tools to make this delightful candy, which is sometimes marketed outside Iran as “Persian fairy floss.”
This labor-intensive sweet is prepared by roasting flour in butter and blending the dough with caramelized sugar that has cooled and acquired the chewy texture of taffy. As it cools, the sugar is scooped up and rolled into a large ring using a pastry scraper and expert hands…
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