Saffron Panna Cotta with Pistachio Crumble
A silky saffron panna cotta with a pistachio crumble. Make-ahead, dinner-party ready.
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Recipes
Field notes from a saffron house: Super Negin grading, blooming technique, Herat harvest stories, and the recipes that earn their threads. Start with how to use saffron or go straight to the bottles.
Saffron Crème Brûlée (Cardamom-Vanilla)
Saffron crème brûlée with cardamom and vanilla — the classic French custard, made gold.
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Saffron Olive Oil Cake (Lemon-Cardamom)
A tender saffron olive oil cake with lemon and cardamom. Mediterranean dessert that keeps for days.
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Saffron Kheer Pops: Frozen Indian Treat
Frozen saffron kheer pops — Indian rice-pudding popsicles with cardamom and pistachios. A modern summer twist.
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Shahi Tukda: Saffron-Rose Bread Pudding (Mughlai)
Shahi tukda — Mughlai-style bread pudding fried in ghee, soaked in saffron syrup, and topped with rabri and pistachios.
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Saffron Kulfi: Indian Frozen Dessert with Pistachios
Saffron kulfi — dense Indian-style ice cream made with reduced milk, cardamom, saffron, and pistachios.
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Kesar Kheer: Indian Saffron Rice Pudding
Kesar kheer — silky Indian saffron rice pudding with cardamom and pistachios. Comfort dessert in 45 minutes.
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Bastani Sonati: Persian Saffron Pistachio Ice Cream
Bastani sonati — the classic Persian saffron-rosewater ice cream with pistachios and frozen cream chunks.
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Sholeh Zard: Persian Saffron Rice Pudding
Sholeh zard — the iconic Persian saffron rice pudding with rosewater, cardamom, almonds, and pistachios.
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Afghan Firni: Saffron Milk Pudding with Cardamom
Afghan firni — a silky saffron-cardamom rice flour milk pudding. Topped with pistachios and a drizzle of rosewater.
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Sheer Yakh: Afghan Saffron-Rosewater Ice Cream
Sheer yakh — Afghan saffron-rosewater ice cream with pistachios. Made the traditional way, with or without an ice cream maker.
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Everything in the journal comes back to the same bottles: single-lot Super Negin from Herat, lab-graded, hand-packed in Lynn.
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Start hereStarter Kit — 1 g + 2 g
$45$15.00 / g
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Most lovedThe 2 g Bottle
$35$17.50 / g
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Ships freeThe 3 g Bottle
$50$16.66 / g
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