RECIPES INVOLVING SAFFRON

[FIRETHORN1 58]

A friend of mine has recently returned from Egypt and brought me back a gift....  a big bag of high quality saffron strands. It's a delicious,

delicate-tasting spice, but something I've rarely used, because it's so expensive to buy over here. Has anyone got any saffron recipes that they could share with me? I tend to cook savoury dishes more than sweet things, but I'll consider anything.

 

So far I've made saffron rice, a saffron fish tagine and a very posh fish pie with saffron mash. I've also used  it in a marinade for chunks of chicken breast and thigh, which I threaded onto metal skewers and cooked in the oven over a roasting tin....all of which turned out really well.

 

Edited June 17, 2019 by FIRETHORN1

[allwednesday 11]

If you purchase Rick Stein’s India cook book you’ll find several recipes involving saffron’

its the most expensive spice in the world! You generally only need to add a few strands per recipe it’s very over powering 

[MaxVinella 10]

The Risotto alla Milanese has a good aroma and coulour of saffron:

 

https://www.finecooking.com/recipe/risotto-alla-milanese-risotto-with-parmesan-saffron