Welcome to SpiceTopia’s Saffron SpiceBox Recipe Collection! Saffron is considered the crown jewel of spices and the recipes in this collection highlight this beautiful unique spice.
Inside your box, you’ll find a tin of single origin grade ‘A’ saffron from the Mushtaq farm in the Pampore region of Kashmir, India. Kashmir is known for saffron that has distinct sweet, earthy notes and an aroma with a complex lingering flavor. This special saffron is extremely rare as political unrest in this particular part of India has caused many of the saffron farms to be seized for development.
The three recipes included in this collection created for this SpiceBox bring out the floral and earthy flavors of this special saffron.
Saffron Orange Quick Bread
The sweet, floral and earthy flavor of saffron is a lovely addition to this quick orange bread. Fragrant, moist, and bright, you’ll find this recipe easy to make in 45 minutes.
This recipe makes one loaf of quick bread or 4 mini loaves which then make lovely gifts for neighbors and friends.
You may want to serve this with the Saffron Black Tea included in your spicebox!
If you’d like more detailed instructions for this recipe: Orange Quick Bread Recipe
Saffron Sumac Iced Tea
Inspired by the classic Indian drink “saffron water,” this iced tea recipe takes a refreshing turn with the addition of sumac, a tangy spice that balances and highlights the floral notes of saffron.
It’s easy to make the saffron sumac syrup ahead of time and to simply combine with club soda or sparkling water when ready to serve. A pitcher of this unique drink will be a welcome nonalcoholic addition to your next party!
If you’d like more detailed instructions for this recipe: Saffron Sumac Iced Tea
Saffron Egg Nog
Saffron and rich dairy seem to have affinity for each other, and saffron brings a new dimension to our traditional holiday eggnog!
Serve warm or chilled with or without alcohol. This drink is extremely rich and a little bit goes a long way, but if you need to feed a crowd, it is easy to double.
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Tahchin Morgh is a traditional Persian–baked rice dish flavored with yogurt and saffron. It has a golden brown color, wonderful aroma, and the most delicious subtle floral rice which beautifully complements the nutty savory chicken layer.
This recipe calls for an obscene amount of oil, mixing bowls, and quite a bit of time to make. And it is all worth it! This is the party dish to make when you want to impress.
Saffron Fennel Confit recipe is a simple recipe that produces amazing flavors – one of our favorite types of recipes!
Fennel and saffron are a classic pairing in French, Spanish, and Italian dishes. That pairing makes perfect sense, as fennel also has sweet notes that become sweeter the more it is cooked. This sweetness works well with the floral notes of saffron.
Panna Cotta is a traditional Italian dish, usually flavored with vanilla extract. The addition of saffron to this dessert brings a delicious floral flavor to this gorgeous and delicious dessert!
This is a dish that looks fancy and tasted like you must have spent hours making it, but is seriously easy to make with just about twenty minutes of effort! And we’ve included instructions for dairy-free substitutions.
Saffron & Cardamon Panna Cotta Recipe
Black Cardamom Saffron Fudge is inspired by barfi (or burfi), a milk-based sweet enjoyed throughout India and Pakistan. While barfi recipes produce a much more crumbly dessert than this fudge, the sweet milky base flavored with both smoky black cardamom and floral saffron is all barfi!
The smokiness of the black cardamom balances out the sweet floral notes of saffron.
Black Cardamom Saffron Fudge Recipe
We hope this recipe collection brings you as much joy in the kitchen as it brought us as we developed the recipes!
