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...
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...
Step 1 - Roast Chicken with saffron and tarragon
Ingredients
1.8- 2kg Free Range Chicken
1 ½ brown onions
4 cloves are garlic
1 satchel saffron
1 eggplant
100ml vermouth
Sprig of French tarragon
Butter
Extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper
Stuffing
2 thick slices of good sourdough bread – crusts removed – preferable day old.
½ onion
Zest of 1 lemon
½ tablespoon chopped French tarragon
1 tables...
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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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...
