Sikarni

Ingredients

 * 4 cups regular yogurt
 * 2 cups sour cream
 * 1/4 cup double cream
 * 2 cups sugar
 * 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
 * 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
 * 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
 * 1 teaspoon saffron
 * 1 cup unsalted, shelled pistachio nuts, cut into thin slices

Directions
In a large bowl, mix yogurt and sour cream together. Pour the yogurt mixture into a large colander with a cheese cloth liner.  Allow draining for about 12 hours. Transfer the mixture into a mixing bowl.  Dissolve saffron in luke warm cream. To the yogurt mixture add sugar, cinnamon, black pepper, cardamom, nutmeg, dissolved saffron, and pistachio nuts; fold in thoroughly.  Chill overnight in refrigerator. To serve, scoop a cup of chilled dessert into a serving plate, topped with a generous amount of unsalted, shelled, whole pistachio nuts.