Posted by dessbee on December 24, 2006, at 14:38:28
In reply to Re: Saffron - Anti depressant » dessbee, posted by Declan on December 23, 2006, at 14:17:52
Saffron quality is serious science
So make sure you get the right quality.
Crocin produce the three things chefs are looking for: aroma (safranal), flavor(picrocrocin) and color (crocin)
Most likely, the more color (crocin) the more safranal.http://www.saffron.com/cons_guide.html
Here is my favourite
French Saffron Salmon Soup600 gram salmon
400 gram shrimp
200 gram dry white wine
2 unions
3 cloves garlic
2 tbs olive oil
1 fennel
1 carrot
5 potatoes
1.2 liter fish bullion
1 tsp thyme
1 can of tomatoes
salt and black pepper
0.5 gram ground saffron
juice from 1/2 orange (you can add some zest if you want to increase taste of orange)Slice union, garlic, fennel, carrots (thin stripes) and potatoes (cubes)
Fry union, garlic, fennel, carrots in olive oil.
Add Potatoes, fish bullion, tomatoes, tyme, salt and pepper
Boil 20 minutes
Add wine, orange juice and saffron
Boil 10 minutes
Add cubes of salmon
Boil/simmer for 3-6 minutes
Peel shrimps and add when soup is ready.(if you want to make a cheaper soup you can just skip shrimps and wine)
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