Dessert

Rose & Pistachio Labneh with Dates

Name: Rose & Pistachio Labneh with Dates
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 400 g thick strained yoghurt; 5 ml orange blossom water; 15 ml raw honey; 8 Medjool dates, torn; 40 g pistachios, crushed; 1 g dried rose petals

Cultured protein, orange blossom and whole dates — dessert with live cultures.

20 min 4 servings 55 kcal per serving

Ingredients

400 gthick strained yoghurt
5 mlorange blossom water
15 mlraw honey
8Medjool dates, torn
40 gpistachios, crushed
1 gdried rose petals

Method

01
Line a sieve with muslin and drain the yoghurt over a bowl for 15 minutes for a denser set.
02
Fold the orange blossom water and honey through the labneh with three light turns only.
03
Spread in a shallow bowl and sweep a hollow through the centre with the back of a spoon.
04
Warm the dates for 2 minutes so they soften and their syrup loosens.
05
Arrange the dates in the hollow and finish with pistachios and rose petals.

Why this dish works

Rose & Pistachio Labneh with Dates is built for 4 servings and lands at roughly 55 kcal per plate, with 12g protein, 25g carbohydrate and 9g fat across the recipe. It comes together in about 20 minutes using 6 whole-food ingredients — led by thick strained yoghurt, orange blossom water, raw honey — so nothing here relies on packaged sauces, refined sugar or ultra-processed shortcuts. That balance is what keeps it a realistic weeknight option rather than a weekend project.

The dessert sits inside our collection and carries the Gluten-Free, High-Protein, Low-Glycemic tags, so it slots straight into the Smart Recipe Finder when you filter by dietary focus or allergens. Scale the portions in the recipe drawer and the ingredient quantities and macros recalculate together; sync it to your shopping list and the pantry tracker subtracts what you already own before the list is generated.

Cooking and storing it well

Read the method through once before you start — the 5 steps are written in the order a working kitchen would run them, with prep that can overlap grouped together. Hands-free cook mode reads each step aloud and runs the timers, so your phone can stay on the counter. Season at the end rather than the beginning: salt, acid and good olive oil do more for the finished plate when they are adjusted against the cooked dish. Leftovers keep well chilled for two to three days in a sealed container; bring anything dressed or herb-heavy back to room temperature before serving so the aromatics come forward again.

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