Saffron Spritz Mocktail
An alcohol-free spritz built over big ice: saffron syrup, pink grapefruit, lime and cold sparkling water, with bitterness doing the work the spirit used...
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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 Iced Tea
A quart of green tea brewed short and hot, with twenty-five saffron threads bloomed separately, honey syrup, and lemon added at the glass rather...
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Saffron Hot Chocolate
A thick dark hot chocolate for two, with fifteen saffron threads bloomed in warm milk and a pinch of salt to keep the cocoa...
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Saffron Cardamom Coffee
Light-roast coffee simmered ten minutes, cardamom steeped off the heat, and 20 saffron threads bloomed separately and stirred in at the end.
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Saffron Lemonade
Forty saffron threads bloomed in warm simple syrup, then built into a two-quart pitcher with fresh lemon juice and chilled four hours.
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Warm Saffron Milk with Cardamom
Warm saffron milk with cardamom and honey, made by blooming the threads separately and keeping the milk below a simmer.
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How to Make Saffron Tea
Fifteen saffron threads per cup, water at 150F, covered for fifteen minutes: the method that keeps aroma instead of just colour.
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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 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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Saffron Shortbread
Buttery shortbread fingers tinted and scented with 25 saffron threads bloomed in cream, baked slow and cut while hot.
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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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Saffron Cheesecake
A baked cheesecake with 30 saffron threads bloomed in warm cream, cooked low in a water bath and chilled overnight.
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