Saffron Baklava
A 9 x 13 tray of baklava with 30 saffron threads bloomed into the syrup rather than the filling, poured cold over hot pastry.
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Saffron Recipes
Field notes from a saffron house: how to tell real saffron from dyed, what Super Negin actually means, the Afghan tea ritual, and the dishes worth spending threads on — qabuli pulao, sholeh zard, sheer yakh. Start with the saffron ritual, check our lab results, or go straight to the crystal collection.
Saffron Custard Tart
A British custard tart with 30 saffron threads steeped in warm cream, an egg-washed blind-baked shell and a slow low-oven set.
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Buttery shortbread fingers tinted and scented with 25 saffron threads bloomed in cream, baked slow and cut while hot.
Read article →Saffron Poached Pears
Firm pears poached under a parchment cartouche in a saffron, cardamom and lemon syrup, then cooled in the liquid overnight.
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A baked cheesecake with 30 saffron threads bloomed in warm cream, cooked low in a water bath and chilled overnight.
Read article →Saffron Halwa
Semolina toasted in ghee, hot cardamom syrup, and 25 saffron threads bloomed in warm milk — forty-five minutes, one heavy pan.
Read article →Firni: Saffron Milk Pudding
A firni recipe for six shallow bowls of rice flour milk pudding with saffron, cardamom, rosewater and pistachios.
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Saffron Pistachio Ice Cream
A quart of saffron pistachio ice cream built on a cooked custard base with 0.15 g of saffron bloomed in warm milk.
Read article →Saffron Creme Brulee
Six saffron creme brulee custards, with the threads bloomed in warm water for colour then steeped in cream for aroma.
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Saffron Panna Cotta
Six glasses of soft-set saffron panna cotta made with 0.08 g of saffron bloomed in warm milk and no vanilla to compete with it.
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Everything in the journal comes back to the same bottles: single-origin Herati Super Negin, single-origin and harvest-dated.
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The Crystal Bottle — 1 g
One gram of Super Negin in a crystal keepsake bottle. About 60 cups of tea.
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The Gift Box
Two crystal bottles in a gold-foiled gift box — one to give, one to keep.
$27.991 g + teacup & saucer
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The Connoisseur Jar — 5 g
For the kitchen that cooks with saffron, not around it.
$44.99$12.00/g
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