CookingBites Recipe Challenge: Saffron

[Morning Glory]

Welcome to the CookingBites Recipe Challenge. Our judge @murphyscreek who won the previous challenge has chosen Saffron as the next ingredient.




To enter, all you need to do is post a recipe featuring saffron as a new thread, tag it "CookingBites Recipe Challenge" and post a link to it in this thread. The challenge will provisionally run for three weeks, ending at 12:00 midday on the 8th May BST (GMT+1)

Challenge rules and a list of previous winners and ingredients can be found here.

 

[MypinchofItaly]

Excellent ingredient

 

[MypinchofItaly]

Milanese Saffron Risotto
https://www.cookingbites.com/threads/milanese-saffron-risotto.14770/

 

[The Late Night Gourmet]

Milanese Saffron Risotto

That was fast!

 

[MypinchofItaly]

That was fast!

Basically it was enough for me just to think of it!

 

[ElizabethB]

Love both risotto and saffron. A beautiful combination.

 

[rascal]

Dam, I used the last of my saffron on a curry about a month ago. I knew I should have kept some back. Time to buy more.

Russ

 

[Morning Glory]

Dam, I used the last of my saffron on a curry about a month ago. I knew I should have kept some back. Time to buy more.

Russ

Go for it! Its high time you entered the recipe challenge @rascal - I know you will make something good.

 

[rascal]

Go for it! Its high time you entered the recipe challenge @rascal - I know you will make something good.

Yeah you are right, I think a risotto?

Russ

 

[MypinchofItaly]

Yeah you are right, I think a risotto?

Russ

Another saffron risotto...? That would be a real challenge!

 

[rascal]

Another saffron risotto...? That would be a real challenge!

My wife loves risotto a lot.

Russ

 

[MypinchofItaly]

My wife loves risotto a lot.

Russ

Perfect. So, I think another saffron risotto's coming soon....

 

[CraigC]

I can think of a Spanish dish, with many variations, that uses saffron.

 

[Mountain Cat]

[Mod.Edit - This post has been copied to form a new thread - the replies/discussion ensuing have been moved to the new thread] See here

Cool. I bought saffron bulbs but unfortunately they won't bloom in time... (I'm planting them in May.)

But I'll be thinking of doing something with some I'll purchase. It won't be risotto - I dislike watery rice. But I've ideas...

 

[medtran49]

Just a note for those of you that have never cooked with saffron before, remember that you can always add more, but you can't take away. Too much saffron and you are going to get a medicinal taste instead of that lovely floral saffron taste, and it's a VERY fine line between just right and too much.