saffron

Saffron

Serves 4, Preparation 20 mins, Cooking 25 mins 350 g Pappardelle Pasta 1 sachet of saffron powder (0.16 g) or 30 saffron threads, to dilute Diced smoked Pancetta,100 g Champignon/Button mushrooms, 300 g half an onion, finely sliced salt and black pepper, to taste A sprig of fresh parsley...

Serves 4, Preparation 40 minutes, Cooking about 20 minutes 400 g long pasta, bucatini or spaghetti or linguine 400 g fresh sardines or sardines in oil 2 bunches of fresh wild fennel 50 g pine nuts 50 g raisins, to soak 3 fillets of desalted anchovies in oil 1 tablespoon of tomato paste in a...

Makes about 10 Arancini, Preparation 30 minutes, Cooking 1 hrs For the rice: 500 gr Carnaroli or Vialone nano rice 70 g of butter 1 sachet of saffron Grated Parmigiano or Pecorino, 40 g sale, to taste For the meat sauce – ragout: 150 gr of minced pork 50 gr of minced beef 1/2 onion, 1/2...

This is my family's absolute favourite. Over the past few decades, I have made seafood chowder for my family every year during the holidays, sometimes twice. The recipe ingredients vary from batch to batch, but it's always delicious and a huge hit. This year it appears I will be putting it...

Saffron is lauded as the most expensive and celebrated of spices. And oddly enough, its flavoring potential is very soft and easily masked by other things. It can be used as a food coloring, but why pay out that much for a food coloring? Besides using it in Pilafs and other rice dishes, I...

Inspired by Moroccan cooking, this is a sort of tagine and its easy to make. The prunes provide a lovely sweet flavour which is balanced by the pickled lemons. Juniper and saffron add a subtle, earthy dimension. I use home made ras el hanout but a ready prepared spice mix is easily available in...

Serves 4, Preparation time 10 mins, Cooking time 25-30 mins Yellow potatoes, 1 kg Pork sausage, 2 Onion, 1 Evoo – Extra Virgin Olive Oil, 3 tbsp salt and pepper, to taste Saffron, a tsp Rosemary, a sprig Method Peel, crumble and brown sausages in a saucepan with a spoonful of Evoo. Cut...

This is a very easy dish to make but the results are luxurious. Sweet crabmeat, creamy mascarpone and that inimitable taste of saffron. For a creamier sauce you could use more mascarpone. Ingredients (serves 1) 70g spaghetti Pinch of saffron threads 60g crabmeat (white or mix if white and...

Monzese Risotto, Risotto alla Monzese in Italian. As the word says, is typical of the city of Monza, near Milano.