GourmetShopper :: Herbie's Spices :: Herbs & Spices (S-Z)

Your cart

Cart is empty

View cart

Checkout

Wish list

Orders history

Bonuses

Go Shopping

Gourmet BBQ, Knives & Accessories

Madeline Kent Cakes

Taste Gourmet Grocer

Bestsellers

1.	TAGINE SPICE BLEND 45g

2.	SAFFRON KASHMIRI WHOLE STIGMA 0.5g

3.	SALT & PEPPER SQUID 40g

4.	STAR ANISE WHOLE 15g

5.	TANDOORI SPICE MIX 50g

Special

Gift certificates Special offers

Help

Privacy statement

Terms & Conditions

For Customer Service & Phone Orders :

Tel/Fax : 07 54498581
Int : 61 7 54498581

Write to us :

OzeVillage
P O Box 1494
Noosaville DC
Qld 4566

GourmetShopper.com.au › Shop GourmetShopper › Herbie's Spices › Herbs & Spices (S-Z) › SAFFRON KASHMIRI WHOLE STIGMA 0.5g

SAFFRON KASHMIRI WHOLE STIGMA 0.5g

Botanical Name: (Crocus sativus)

Description & Use: The World’s most expensive spice, Saffron is the stigma that is plucked from a low-growing, purple-flowered crocus. There are only 3 Saffron stigmas per flower and 5 acres of Saffron plants yields somewhere between 500g and 750g of Saffron stigmas in a good year! Saffron that contains pale yellow threads is actually Saffron stigmas with the style attached. The style is the section that joins the stigmas into the base of the flower, and Saffron with yellow style is regarded as inferior to pure Saffron stigmas. Because of its high value Saffron is often adulterated with safflower petals, coconut fibre, cornsilk and any other similar looking material that the unscrupulous trader can pass off as Saffron. Herbie's Spices pure Saffron is available in two grades: Kashmiri Whole Stigmas,which has the best colour, aroma and flavour and Iranian, which has a very good colour, is brittle and good for powdering, and has a slightly sweeter floral aroma and similarly floral taste.
Saffron has been so valued over the centuries because it is a water soluable dye. It is used to colour and flavour rice dishes such as paella and biryani. Use between 8 and 12 stigmas to colour 1 cup of rice. Soak the stigmas in warm water for about 15 minutes before adding with the Saffron and coloured water to a dish.

Details


SKU	SKU36152
Weight	0.01 kg
Price:	$ 9.90

Options

Quantity

Add to cart

Add to wish list