It is known as the most expensive spice in the world, but a little pinch goes a long way. I love the taste and color that Safron gives to food. It has a delicious honey-flower flavor. Spain and India are known to be the biggest producers of this spice.
It is a key ingredient in the world famous Spanish dish, Paella, which is one of my favorite dishes.
Here are some dishes that I've made using Saffron:
Salmon with Coconut- Saffron Sauce
Saffron and Garlic Mashed Potatoes
grace
the color it imparts is indeed amazing. i'm not fully convinced that it's worth the expense, but give me time! 🙂
Sook
I don't think I've ever tried these. Looks like there's a lot you can do with it. Yum!
Faith
These are some lovely uses for this wonderful spice! Thanks for sharing, Erica!
MaryMoh
I have never used saffron but I use quite a lot of tumeric which gives the same yellow effect. Love all the dishes especially the salmon with saffron sauce.
Erica
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Alanna at Kitchen Parade
I remember Nupur from One Hot Stove telling me that her mother keeps the saffron locked up with the silver! It's that valuable! At my hometown international grocery, it's kept behind the counter, not on the shelves. It's that valuable!
Barbara
I treasure my tiny container of saffron! I'm very stingy with it. The color is magnicicent, isn't it? I'd love to try your saffron garlic mashed potatoes....looks divine, Erica.
Baking is my Zen
I've got to try this...I can only imagine how fragrant it must be!
Christine @ Fresh Local and Best
I love saffron, especially with seafood. I never thought to add it to mashed potatoes. Will be trying that next! Thanks!
Velva
Now, you are a girl who knows how to use saffron. Although, I really appreciate saffron, I have never really used it in my cooking. I am obviously missing something here. Your dishes look amazing.
Erica
Thank you everyone for the comments!
5 Star Foodie
Those dishes with saffron look amazing! It's is a terrific ingredient!
Rachana Kothari
I am a little bit of a saffron afficionado and love cooking with it:) Everything looks so delicious and good:)
Lyndsey
I have some saffron just waiting to be used in something other than rice. I am really into yuca now (thanks to you and I will let you know when I post my yuca fries, I am giving you full credit) Now I am going to give the saffron mashed yuca a try.
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
That salmon with the saffron sauce looks beautiful! As do the rest of the dishes Erica! 🙂 I have a small precious box of it at home that I treasure!
Ben
I just bought a bag of saffron at the Mexican market VERY cheap, so I am going to start cooking a lot with it. I might start with those mashed potatoes, they look delicious, well everything looks delicious, but they also look simple. hehe