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Ingredients

• ✓ saffron thread
• sugar
• water
• rose water
• butter
• all-purpose flour

Instructions

1. 1 Bring sugar and water to a boil in a saucepan; cook, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes.
2. 2 Stir rosewater and saffron into the sugar mixture; cover the saucepan and remove from the heat.
3. 3 Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat; stir flour into melted butter until mixture is a smooth paste. Continue to cook, stirring often, until paste turns golden, 5 to 10 more minutes.
4. 4 Slowly whisk sugar mixture into paste until smooth. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
5. 5 Spread halva evenly onto a plate or platter. Make a pattern on the top of halva using the back of a spoon or a knife. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until set, at least 1 hour.

By marybakes

Ingredients

• ✓ saffron thread
• mango
• white sugar
• water

Instructions

1. 1 Gather all ingredients.
2. 2 Make 4 to 5 slits in mangoes and microwave on High until soft, 1 to 2 minutes.
3. 3 Cool, then remove the peel and inner seed; place mango pulp in a large bowl. Use a fork or potato masher to mash the pulp well.
4. 4 Stir together sugar and water in a large saucepan over low heat, and bring to a boil. When the mixture begins boiling, increase heat to medium-high. Continue boiling until fine, soft threads form, 270 degrees F (135 degrees C).
5. 5 Stir in mango pulp, add saffron threads, and boil until the mixture thickens, about 5 minutes.
6. 6 Pour cooked jam into sterilized jars and seal according to canning directions.

By RADHIKA GHATAGE

Ingredients

• ✓ saffron thread
• tea bag
• water
• brown sugar
• lemon juice
• rum extract
• cayenne pepper
• ginger
• clove
• coriander
• salt
• tarragon

Instructions

1. 1 Steep the tea in the hot water for 5 minutes. Remove and discard the tea bags, then whisk in the saffron, sugar, lemon juice, rum extract, cayenne pepper, ginger, clove, coriander, salt, and tarragon until the sugar has dissolved. Cool to room temperature before using. Refrigerate any marinade that will not be used immediately.
2. 2 To use, marinate meats such as chicken or pork in the refrigerator overnight.

By Sasha's Catering

Ingredients

• ✓ saffron thread
• egg yolk
• canola oil
• rice vinegar
• salt
• garlic powder
• shrimp
• butter
• white cooking wine

Instructions

1. 1 Whisk egg yolks until smooth. Slowly drizzle the oil, a few drops at time, whisking continuously, until mixture resembles a thick custard. Slowly add rice vinegar, salt, garlic powder, and saffron, mixing until well combined. Cover your golden sauce and refrigerate until flavors meld, 8 hours to overnight.
2. 2 Place shrimp on a flat work surface. Slice each horizontally through the middle, being careful not to cut all the way through to the other side. Open the 2 sides and spread them out like an open book. Pat dry with paper towels.
3. 3 Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Arrange shrimp in a circle in the skillet, with tails touching. Spoon about 1 heaping teaspoon golden sauce over each shrimp. Add white wine; cover with a lid and steam until sauce becomes fluffy, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove shrimp carefully with a slotted spatula onto serving plates.

By nriffer

Ingredients

• ✓ saffron thread
• chicken stock
• bay leaf
• kosher salt
• black pepper
• chicken breast
• tomato
• olive oil
• paprika
• onion
• garlic
• green bean
• red bell pepper
• red bell pepper
• quinoa
• rosemary

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2. 2 Bring chicken stock and bay leaves to a boil in a large saucepan. Reduce heat and simmer while preparing the other ingredients. Taste stock; it should taste a little over-salted. Season with 1 to 2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon black pepper as needed.
3. 3 Season chicken with salt and pepper.
4. 4 Squeeze out seeds from each tomato half over a sieve and into a bowl. Reserve the juice and discard the seeds. Grate the cut sides of the tomatoes over a bowl through the large holes of a box grater. Discard the skin. Combine the tomato juice and the grated pulp.
5. 5 Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat for 2 to 3 minutes and coat with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add chicken in batches, in a single layer with space between pieces. Saute until meat is mostly opaque, about 4 minutes; it will continue cooking in the oven. Place chicken in a 9x13-inch baking pan. Repeat with the remaining chicken, being careful not to burn the fats rendering in the skillet.
6. 6 Add 2 tablespoons olive oil to the same skillet. Add the tomato juice-pulp mixture. Cook, scraping up browned bits from the bottom of skillet, until juices are mostly evaporated, about 5 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper, and paprika. Mix well. Add onions and garlic; saute until is fragrant, about 3 minutes. Stir the mixture, called a sofrito, into the baking pan with the chicken.
7. 7 Heat the last tablespoon of olive oil in the hot skillet. Add green beans and saute for 1 minute. Add bell peppers; saute until green beans are crisp-tender, about 2 minutes more. Transfer mixture to the baking pan and stir well; mix in quinoa and saffron.
8. 8 Remove and discard bay leaves from stock and bring to a boil. Pour 1/2 into the baking pan. Mix carefully until well combined. Add remaining stock and stir carefully. Lay rosemary sprigs on top.
9. 9 Bake in the preheated oven until quinoa is tender yet firm to the bite, 35 to 45 minutes.

By Oliver P Villaescusa

Ingredients

• ✓ saffron thread
• water
• couscous
• vegetable broth
• celery
• currant
• olive oil
• lemon juice
• harissa
• cumin
• sea salt

Instructions

1. 1 Combine warm water and saffron together in a bowl.
2. 2 Mix couscous and vegetable broth together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove saucepan from heat, cover saucepan, and let sit for 5 minutes. Fluff couscous with a fork and transfer to a bowl.
3. 3 Stir saffron mixture, celery, currants, olive oil, lemon juice, harissa, cumin, and sea salt into couscous. Refrigerate until chilled, at least 30 minutes.

By toastyfrenchy

Ingredients

• ✓ saffron thread
• white wine
• butter
• chicken broth
• arborio rice
• onion
• thyme
• parmesan cheese
• fontina cheese
• bread crumb
• olive oil

Instructions

1. 1 Place the wine and saffron in a cup or small bowl. Stir briefly, then let it sit. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the onion; cook and stir until transparent, about 3 minutes. Mix in the rice, and continue cooking and stirring until the rice has absorbed most of the butter.
2. 2 Slowly stir the white wine and saffron into the rice, stirring continuously until the wine is absorbed and rice is creamy. Season with thyme, then pour in 1 cup of chicken broth at a time, cooking and stirring constantly until each cup of broth is absorbed before adding the next. Stop adding broth when the rice is tender. If you run out of broth, you may use water. Remove from the heat, stir in the Parmesan cheese and allow to cool until you can touch it without burning your hands.
3. 3 Lightly grease a large cookie sheet with olive oil. Pour the risotto out onto the sheet and spread evenly. Place in the refrigerator for about 1 hour or until chilled.
4. 4 When the rice is cool, roll small portions into balls about the size of golf balls. Tuck a cube of fontina cheese into the center of each one. Roll each ball in bread crumbs to coat.
5. 5 Heat the olive oil in a heavy saucepan or deep fryer to 375 degrees F 190 degrees C). The oil should be about 3 inches deep. When the oil is hot, fry the arancini until they reach a golden orangish brown, about 3 minutes. Arancini literally means 'little oranges'. Cool for 5 minutes, then serve with any marinara sauce.

By AMYJOHNSON1

Ingredients

• ✓ saffron thread
• olive oil
• butter
• celery
• sweet onion
• garlic
• jasmine rice
• green onion
• raisin
• curry powder
• salt
• cayenne pepper
• chicken stock

Instructions

1. 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. 2 Heat olive oil and butter in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook celery, sweet onion, and garlic until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
3. 3 Combine rice, green onions, raisins, curry powder, salt, saffron, and cayenne pepper in a 9x13-inch baking pan; stir well. Stir in the celery mixture and chicken stock. Cover pan tightly with aluminum foil.
4. 4 Bake in the preheated oven until rice is tender, about 35 minutes. Let stand for 5 minutes; fluff with a fork.

By jules

Ingredients

• ✓ saffron thread
• shrimp
• olive oil
• chicken broth
• olive oil
• chorizo sausage
• yellow onion
• garlic
• arborio rice
• green pea
• red bell pepper
• salt
• paprika
• cayenne pepper

Instructions

1. 1 Cook and stir reserved shrimp shells and 2 teaspoons olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat until shells are pink and fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir saffron into shells; add chicken broth, bring to a simmer, and cook until broth is a rusty brown and fragrant, about 20 minutes.
2. 2 Strain saffron broth through a fine-mesh sieve; measure out 2 cups of broth, pour into a small saucepan, and place over low heat to keep broth hot.
3. 3 Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
4. 4 Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large, oven-proof skillet over medium heat. Cook chorizo slices in hot oil until browned, about 2 minutes per side. Add onion to sausage; cook and stir until soft and slightly translucent, about 3 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low.
5. 5 Stir garlic into chorizo mixture; cook and stir until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add rice to skillet and stir to coat rice completely in oil; stir in peas.
6. 6 Pat rice mixture evenly into the bottom of the skillet. Arrange shrimp in a single layer over the top of the rice. Lay pepper strips around and in between shrimp; season with salt, paprika, and cayenne pepper.
7. 7 Increase heat to high. When rice begins to sizzle in the skillet, pour reserved 2 cups hot saffron broth over the shrimp; gently shake the skillet to distribute liquid.
8. 8 Bake rice mixture in the preheated oven until rice is almost tender and still a bit wet, about 20 minutes.
9. 9 Place skillet over medium-high and cook until rice is tender, liquid is absorbed, and rice caramelizes and crusts slightly on the bottom of the skillet, 3 to 5 minutes.

By John Mitzewich

Ingredients

• ✓ saffron thread
• shrimp
• chicken stock
• olive oil
• garlic
• butter
• arborio rice
• shallot
• white wine
• rosemary
• parmesan cheese
• lemon zest
• red pepper flake

Instructions

1. 1 Peel and devein shrimp, reserving shells. Heat stock in a large saucepan and add shells; cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
2. 2 Meanwhile, chop shrimp into bite-sized morsels. Toss with olive oil and garlic; cover and refrigerate.
3. 3 Strain stock and discard shells. Keep warm on low heat.
4. 4 Melt 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons olive oil in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Add shallots; cook until softened, but not browned, about 4 minutes. Add dry rice and stir until each grain is coated and starts to turn translucent, about 3 minutes. Raise heat to medium. Add wine, stir and simmer until mostly evaporated, 3 to 5 minutes.
5. 5 Ladle 1/2 cup of warm stock into rice mixture; stir constantly until stock is absorbed, 3 to 5 minutes. Add rosemary and saffron and another 1/2 cup of stock; stir until absorbed, about 3 minutes. Repeat with about 4 more cups of stock, 10 to 15 minutes. Add marinated shrimp to remaining 1 cup stock; stir for 1 minute and pour mixture into rice. Cook and stir until risotto is tender yet firm to the bite, 6 to 8 minutes more.
6. 6 Stir Parmesan cheese, lemon zest, red pepper flakes, and remaining 2 tablespoons butter into risotto. Stir until creamy. Serve immediately in warmed bowls.

By tblair90

Ingredients

• ✓ saffron thread
• cardamom seed
• nutmeg
• caraway seed
• clove
• allspice berry
• cinnamon stick
• peppercorn
• ginger root
• turmeric
• orange zest
• lemon zest
• water
• honey
• vanilla extract
• grain alcohol

Instructions

1. 1 Crack cardamom seeds and nutmeg with a heavy skillet on a cutting board. Toss them into a saucepan; add caraway seed, cloves, allspice berries, cinnamon sticks, peppercorns, saffron, ginger, turmeric, orange zest and lemon zest. Pour in water and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until liquid is reduced by half. Strain out spices and set liquid aside.
2. 2 Pour honey into a large pot and bring to a boil over medium heat. Skim off any foam from the top. Stir in strained liquid and vanilla. Remove from heat and place far from the stove to avoid flare-ups when adding grain alcohol. Slowly stir in grain alcohol. Place the pot back onto the burner over low heat and cover. Heat through, being careful not to boil or even simmer. Remove from heat and let stand overnight with the lid on.
3. 3 The following day, pour liquid into sterile bottles, seal, and allow to settle for 2 weeks. The longer you let it sit, the clearer it will become and the better it tastes. Serve warm.

By JOENAUJOKAS

Ingredients

• ✓ saffron thread
• lemon
• sea scallop
• shrimp
• clam
• salt
• pea
• tomato
• long grain rice
• water
• red bell pepper
• green bell pepper
• shrimp
• calamari ring
• garlic
• onion
• chicken thigh
• olive oil

Instructions

1. 1 Heat olive oil in a very large skillet or paella pan over medium-high heat until it begins to smoke. Sear chicken thighs, skin-side down, in hot oil until golden brown on both sides, about 5 minutes. Remove chicken thighs to a plate and set aside.
2. 2 Stir onion and garlic into drippings in the skillet. Cook and stir until onion is softened and translucent, about 1 minute. Add calamari, small shrimp, and bell peppers; cook and stir for 2 minutes.
3. 3 Stir in water, rice, tomatoes, peas, saffron, and salt until well combined. Return chicken thighs to the skillet; simmer over medium-high heat for 15 minutes, stirring frequently to make sure rice does not stick.
4. 4 Decoratively nestle clams and jumbo shrimp into rice-chicken mixture. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes. Place scallops into paella. Continue simmering, covered, until rice is tender and scallops are firm and opaque, about 5 minutes. Garnish with lemon wedges to serve.

By Desi Carrimko