Saffron Gravlax
Ingredients
250g Fresh Atlantic salmon, pin bones removed (eye brow tweezers work well)
250g salt
200g white sugar
1 sachet saffron
2 tbsp dill finely chopped
1 tsp rock salt
1 tsp juniper berries
There is nothing like putting a dish on the table that looks really impressive, which you made yourself with very little effort. This recipe for gravlax is one such recipe. Curing your own salmon is so simple but...
Roast Pork Loin with saffron and fennel
Ingredients
1.5 – 2kg good quality free range pork loin, skin on
1 sachet saffron
½ tablespoon fennel seeds
Extra virgin olive oil
Salt
Nothing beats the smell of roasting meat. Prep the day before for best results.
Method:
The day before, score the pork loin in a diamond pattern, approximately 1cm square, take care to not score too deeply through the fat. (A sharp knife will ma...
Saffron beurre blanc
Ingredients
150 ml good white wine
50 ml white wine vinegar
1 golden shallot
1 sachet saffron
75 ml cream
250 g butter, cut in 1/2cm cubes
Saffron loves butter, hence this recipe for what is basically a butter sauce. It is a very versatile sauce, I have used it on steak, with seafood and for breakfast on pancakes with ham and gruyère cheese!
Saffron is a flavour enhancer, when used well, you...
Step 3 - Pan fried salmon with saffron beurre blanc
Ingredients
4 salmon steaks – skin on
600 g kipfler potatoes – washed but skin on
2 tablespoons tarragon finally chopped
400 g season appropriate greens – young zucchinis, asparagus, broad beans, broccolini etc
Extra virgin olive oil
Sea salt
Pepper
Beurre Blanc
150 ml good white wine
50 ml white wine vinegar
1 golden shallot
1 sachet saffron
...
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Handpicked in autumn, it is aged for 6 months to help develop its flavour, it is then sealed in light and air tight sachets, or processed into our unique saffron extract, ensuring you receive only the best quality Australian saffron in your kitchen.
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Rhubarb, saffron and ginger clafoutis
Ingredients
8 stalks of fresh rhubarb
4 cm piece of young ginger peeled and sliced finely
80 g caster sugar
Icing sugar to dust
Batter
1 sachet of saffron or 10 drops saffron extract
250 ml pure cream
100 g caster sugar
60 g almond meal
10 g plain flour
Pinch of salt
2 eggs
3 egg yolks
This desert comes from France, where traditionally it should be made...
Step 4 - Rhubarb, saffron and ginger clafoutis
Ingredients
8 stalks of fresh rhubarb
4 cm piece of young ginger peeled and sliced finely
80 g caster sugar
Icing sugar to dust
Batter
1 sachet of saffron or 10 drops saffron extract
250 ml pure cream
100 g caster sugar
60 g almond meal
10 g plain flour
Pinch of salt
2 eggs
3 egg yolks
You have learnt some of the history of saffron, you’ve exp...
Friday night steak special
Ingredients
Your preferred cut of steak. I love scotch as it has great fat in it.
1 sachet saffron
Butter
Salt
Pepper
Wine of course, it's Friday night.
Cooking flavoursome steak doesn’t need to be a long drawn out complicated process. Below is the best and easiest way to finish the working week.
Method:
Always bring your steak to room temperature before cooking.
Place a decent knob of...