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saffron recipes
A tiny bit of saffron goes a long way. It adds earthy, robust flavour and vibrant golden colour to soups, stews and rice dishes. Made from the vivid 'threads' in the centre of the crocus flower, saffron is harvested by hand and it takes roughly 75,000 crocus flowers to make one pound of saffron spice. Worth its weight, literally.
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Awadhi chicken pulao
Saffron & cardamom chicken with cranberry salsa
Shahi saffron & potato pulao
Crispy potato, chorizo & aïoli salad
Red shrimp & monkfish with pil pil butter and paella rice
Date & pomegranate salmon with jewelled rice
The best seafood chowder
Egg biryani
Buttery tomato chickpeas & orecchiette
Roast salmon with mussels, samphire & Champagne saffron broth
Saffron risotto with roasted carrots
Scalloped potatoes with anchovies & saffron
Seafood fidueà
One-pot vegan no chorizo rice
Chilli honey & saffron wings
Lamb with apricots & ginger
One-pot spiced roast chicken with saffron rice
Saffron aioli
Summer vegetable pearl barley ‘risotto’
White chocolate & saffron mousse with roasted strawberries
Sabzi polo (fragrant herbed rice) with trout
Fish tagine with saffron, honey & preserved lemons
Sea bass with saffron, orange, walnuts & sour cherry with herbed pilaf sabzi polo
Cherry, saffron & chicken pilaf
Eggs, asparagus, broad beans & radishes with saffron mayonnaise
Saffron & cardamom pavlova
Pumpkin biryani
Saffron kheer
Lemon and saffron chicken traybake
Garlicky saffron tomato & pesto galette
Persian-style rice with feta and chicken
Summer seafood paella
Quinoa paella with prawns & beans
Moroccan chicken tagine with lemon & olives
Quick fish paella
Simple chicken paella
Chunky Fish Soup
Roasted root vegetables with jewelled rice
Spinach & saffron orzo
Roast tomato & saffron quiche
Boozy thandai, rose, fennel & almond milk cocktails
Sea bream paella
