ground saffron

SHORT DESCRIPTION
Sargol – Persian for "from the head of the flower" – is classified as the highest international quality grade. It comes from the world's best growing region in terms of climate. For thousands of years, the Crocus sativus has found optimal climatic conditions there to develop its full flavor.

USE
Tip: Soak the saffron threads in one to two teaspoons of warm liquid for 15-20 minutes before using them for cooking. Depending on the recipe, this could be water, wine, milk, or sauce. Avoid excessively high heat or cooking for too long. This will ensure the most intense color and flavor!

GOOD TO KNOW
Enhance your favorite Mediterranean and Middle Eastern specialties with this saffron! It gives rice dishes like paella and risotto a golden-yellow hue. Wonderful sauces and soups, for example, bouillabaisse. Fish stews and seafood. Lamb, beef, and poultry. It also tastes unique in cakes, cookies, and ice cream.

TASTE
Sargol captivates with an earthy-bitter-sweet, delicately spicy, and subtle honey note. The color and flavor compounds are found exclusively in the tiny stigmas of the saffron flowers. The high purity of saffron—and thus its exceptional color and flavor—is determined by the components crocin, safranal, and picocrocin. In quality tests, SPICEWORLD's saffron consistently achieves top results in category 1 of four quality grades. The active ingredient "crocin" gives the dish its golden-yellow color. It dissolves particularly well in warm to hot water and retains its coloring power even at a solution ratio of 1:100,000! "Safranal" is responsible for the strong, spicy aroma that makes saffron so distinctive. The delicately bitter, almost floral note, on the other hand, comes from the so-called "picrocrocin" component.

PRODUCTION
Für diesen gemahlenen Safran werden ausgewählte Safranfäden sorgfältig geerntet, schonend getrocknet und anschließend fein vermahlen. Durch die behutsame Verarbeitung bleiben Farbe, Duft und die typischen Safrannoten erhalten, sodass bereits kleine Mengen ausreichen – ganz ohne künstliche Zusätze.