Dayvo
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Saffron rice is just plain old rice without the saffron! 
Saffron, the jury's in.
- Thread starter Crackle
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Crackle said:
Risotto milanese. Preferably with Osso Buco
. I love saffron - it's one of those impossibly exotic things, like rose water or cardamom, that is simultaneously subtle and powerful, and so unlike anything else that it can only provoke strong reactions. It might be worth trying it in something completely unrelated to the tagine. My advice with flavours of that kind is to let them hog the limelight, perhaps in a crème brulée...
theclaud said:Risotto milanese. Preferably with Osso Buco.
I love saffron - it's one of those impossibly exotic things, like rose water or cardamom, that is simultaneously subtle and powerful, and so unlike anything else that it can only provoke strong reactions. It might be worth trying it in something completely unrelated to the tagine. My advice with flavours of that kind is to let them hog the limelight, perhaps in a crème brulée...
Osso Buco? I suppose I should Google that. A Creme Brulee you say, hmmm. I've had Saffron buns in the past and found them nothing to write home about and this is the 2nd time I've used it in a recipe, true, I ham-fistedly doubled the amount but I'm reasonably certain it's not a taste for my tongue. BUT, there's always a but, I'm sure I must have had it in restaurant paellas, tapas etc and either not noticed it or liked it because it was blended better, so there's this nagging feeling I'm not doing it justice.
Crackle said:
The thinking behind the crème brulée was that you had a bitterness problem with the tagine - but saffron also has an affinity with cream, eggs and sugar. And you could sneak just a little in (put it in the cream while it's heating), so that essentially you just had a classic crème brulée (which is a winner in its own right) with a tantalising, fugitive frisson of saffron. Feed it to people and watch them try to place the flavour.
Osso buco is the braised veal shin on the bone, traditionally served with a saffron risotto and sprinkled with a mixture of parsley, garlic and lemon zest - got to be in the world's top ten great dishes.
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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ChrisKH said:Well we eat Paella in our house without it. Someone will come along now and say it's not really Paella then.
Allow me,
That's not really paella then.*
*I've no friggin' idea what I'm on about...
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
ChrisKH said:I knew I cound count on you tbm.
By the way, my first cat was called McGinty, so I have visions of you being a very large ginger and white Tom.
As long as 3BM doesn't lick his bits as often in public as ginger Toms do!
Arch
Married to Night Train
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- Salford, UK
Crackle said:
"The Saffron Dilemma" would be a good film title...
There's a road/area in Leicester called Saffron Lane - a name redolent of eastern mysticism and exotic spice. Pity then, that it's a slightly decaying estate of post war council houses. Locals call it The Saff (and you need to know what a Leicester accent sounds like to get the full effect of that. Basically, keep the voice flat and let your mouth hang open at the end)
The actual road, though, does terminate at one end at something which is officially known as the Pork Pie Roundabout, after the pork pie shaped library nearby....
As for the actual spice, I can't help, I don't have any. I've used it in the past, but I couldn't really identify the flavour.
mangaman
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Arch said:
I think it's one of those things you can't define easily as a taste on it's own - it's a bit like a seasoning.
If you put too much in it tastes unpleasant.
If you put just enough in (eg a paella) it's delicious but adds an extra layer of flavour.
If you forget to put any in the paella it just won't taste quite as nice.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
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- Kirton, Devon.
threebikesmcginty said:Donovan - he's wild about it!
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
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- Over the Hill
Arch said:
Now is that not where the velodrome is/was?
My daughter is at Leicester Uni and lives not far from Saffron Lane. But she hasn't had a go at Saffron either.
Hover Fly
He, him, his
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twentysix by twentyfive said:
Where's you-know-who when you need him?
