SC - saffron substitute was-Adv

[Sue Wensel]

 ------ From: sca-cooks at Ansteorra.ORG, Tue, Aug 5, 1997 ------ 


     
>Gracious Lady, unfortunately the recipe calls for quite a bit of saffron, 1/2

>teaspoon of threads.  I do have some at home and 1/2 teaspoon is about half
of 
>the quantity in my little tube.  I'm not really looking for a substitute for
the
>flavor of saffron but more for a substitute of an appropriate spice that
would 
>have been used in a dish like this.   I'll start my list with cinnamon.  I am

>making a practice run on the recipe this weekend and I think that I can just 
>split the sauce into small portions and add a different alternate spice to
each 
>portion and see what kind of flavor I get.

A half a teaspoon of threads really is a lot.  Saffron is a spice in which a
little goes a long way.  Might I suggest that you use the saffron (not the
quantity called for, but say, a dozen threads) and then see how it tastes?  If
it is not strong enough, then add a blend of spices suggested from the list. 
At least then you should get some of the saffron taste (which goes quite well
with cinnamon and tumeric).

>Mercedes
>rudin at okway.okstate.edu

Derdriu
swensel at brandegee.lm.com

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