Tabrizi Lovuez

Qurabiya
	Lovuez of Tabriz
Type	Shortbread
Place of origin	Iran
Region or state	Iranian Azerbaijan
Main ingredients	Almond flour, sugar, egg white, vanilla
Variations	Kourabiedes, mantecado, polvorón, pan de polvo
Similar dishes	ghoriba; polvorón;

Tabrizi Lovuez (Tabriz Diamonds) are diamond-shaped confectioneries from Tabriz, a provincial capital in Northwest of Iran. Its main ingredients are sugar, almond powder, and saffron.

Recipe

Mix water and sugar and let them boil while mixing continuously. Next, add saffron and stop heating the syrup. Mix the syrup in a way that it loses the glass-like appearance. Add almond powder little by little to the syrup while mixing it. Stop adding the powder once the mixture forms a paste similar to a viscous pulp that doesn't stick. Unfold waxed paper into a baking tray and evenly pour the pulp, then sprinkle nuts on the surface of the Lovz and push them down. Refrigerate for about three to four hours. Then, cut the Lovz cookies in diamond shapes.^[1]