[Sca-cooks] OOP Flavored Short Bread
Susan Fox
selene at earthlink.net
Fri Nov 9 13:00:48 PST 2007
I thought of that, but saffron dissolves better in water than fat. The
opposite is true of, say, annatto seed.
Some so-called shortbread has eggs, leavenings and other stray
ingredients, but I think those start departing from the definition of
"shortbread" which is, well, short!
Selene, who is short and should know
Johnna Holloway wrote:
> There are a number of variations to shortbreads and there are some
> that are made with melted butter which means you could melt the butter
> with the saffron threads in it.
> http://www.epicurious.com/tools/searchresults?search=melted%20butter%20shortbread
> lists modern versions.
> There are also saffron shortbread cookies that are made in Italy.
>
> Johnnae
>
> silverr0se at aol.com wrote:
>
>> I would like to add saffron to the short bread but I am wondering how to incorporate it, since saffron needs to bloom in hot liquid. snipped
>> What to you think? Renata
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