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A saffron company has sent me a bunch of free saffron to test out. I need some cool saffron recipes to make, to see how well they do. Do you have any?

LUCKY YOU!!! Saffron is expensive! Only a pinch goes into a recipe.

You can look up recipes for:

1. Paella (Spanish seafood and rice dish. I LOVE this!)
2. Indian saffron rice
3. Saffron risotto
4. Saffron-infused butter to drizzle on food
5. Chicken kebabs soaked in a saffron-infused marinade
6. Mexican arroz con pollo
7. Ice cream

Here is a link for an ice cream-like Indian dish using saffron and pistachio nuts:

Malai Kulfi

Also:

Saffron Mussel Bisque

Let us know how the saffron tastes!

Lori -

Yes definitely I can google a lot. I am hoping for ones editors have personally used and loved, so I can use the saffron to its best potential .

We'll see what we try, and report back!

LOL.

I have used saffron to make saffron rice, paella and infused butter. But while the outcomes were yummy, they weren't perfect. I defer to Sadhana and the other food editors!

I add saffron to my usual Mediterranean-inspired citrus marinade with fresh lemon juice, olive oil, oregano, salt, pepper, fresh garlic. It's great for fish, chicken, shrimp...

A saffron marinade sounds tasty - we'll have to give that a try! Thanks!

LUCKY YOU IS RIGHT! I hope it's Spanish saffron, that's the best. I use a lot of saffron in Indian cooking, esp desserts! But here's a super quick dessert recipe that's right up your alley :-) And, yes -- a little goes a very long way.

Soak a small pinch of saffron in a tbsp of lukewarm milk & steep for about 10 minutes or so. Stir this into plain Greek yogurt & sprinkle with lightly toasted almond slices or pistachios pieces. YUMMY!

You can add saffron to any yogurt-based marinade -- great for chicken or any meat.

You can also add a pinch into any fruit-flavored yogurt based smoothie, I add it to my mango lassi.

Here are a few of my recipes:

Cashew Saffron Shrimp Recipe

Saffron Cheescake Recipe

There are a lot more saffron based recipes on my site if you are interested. Saffron tastes great in both sweet & savory rice dishes. You can even add a pinch to your lemonade! It's also good in milkshakes & you can even make a saffron flavored martini! Basically any recipe that will work well with a floral aroma & subtle floral flavor will work well with saffron.

Saffron also always tastes better when steeped & if the strands are ever so gently slightly crushed between your fingertips before adding to anything.

I love saffron, so enjoy :-)

Dear Sadhana -

Thank you so much for your ideas! I'll take a look at the shrimp recipe. My boyfriend's not a fan of yogurt so I'm the only one who eats that here. Neither of us eats rice. So that is a big chunk out of the saffron recipes I tend to find online.

We do eat shrimp though .