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A. Feast - Saffron is a fabulous Spice

Saffron has many culinary properties.
Most of them are little known to the public.
This is why La Paradisière makes great efforts to contribute to saffron discovery !

Did you know, for example, that in addition to coloring and flavoring, saffron can be used to :
■ Intensify flavors
■ Balance flavors
■ Dynamize flavors through time
■ Transmute flavors
■ Create new flavor landscape
■ Protect ingredients from oxidation

You could do so much if you knew how to use Saffron !

Saffron is used throughout the whole spectrum of human nutrition : From beverages to desserts, from savory dishes to sweet dishes.
It does wonders with :
■ Fish and Seafood, transmuting iodized flavors into fruity, floral, and saffron flavors
■ Omelettes, Pasta, Potatoes, Rice and Bread, adding the subtle but pervasive saffron aromas
■ White Meat in sauce, harmonizing flavors and adding umami
■ Vegetables such as cucurbits and green or dry beans, flavoring, harmonizing and enhancing flavors
■ Jams with Peach, Wild plum, Redcurrant, or Strawberry, transmuting and energizing flavors in a unique way, flavoring with subtle saffron notes and enhancing fruit flavors - Try making your own Saffron Jams with our Saffron, you will be amazed !
■ Pastries, Chocolate, Fruit Salads, Teas, Kirs, etc., creating incomparable taste landscapes
■ etc.

Mastering Saffron in the culinary arts can not be improvised : One needs to first learn properties, dosage, cooking methods, and friendly ingredients.
Once this knowledge in mind, you will easily get immense satisfaction with Saffron.
Rather than spoiling your saffron or having a first disappointing experience, learn all its secrets thanks to La Paradisière's book :

La Bible du Safran

B. Coloring : Saffron is a powerfull natural Food Coloring, a Pigment, and a Dye

La Paradisière's Saffron is a Very Powerfull Natural Coloring Agent (Figure 1).
It gives warm tones, bright yellow, straw, fire and gold according to the dosages and the medium used.

Figure 1. Comparison of the coloring strength in 3 saffrons
Old & altered saffron (left), Counterfeit saffron (center), and Pure High Quality saffron (right)

Saffron will make your recipes more beautiful and more appetizing by enhancing pale tones, giving depth and intensity to dark colors, and by pleasantly enlightening all your dishes.
Saffron contributes to visual pleasure and enhances the desire to eat.

In plastic arts, Saffron can be used as a natural pigment in self-made paints.
As a dye, it will allow for instance coloring textiles as well as erasing white hair on a blonde head.

C. Healing & Beauty Care : Saffron is a Panacea

Saffron has long been known as a remedy before being considered in cooking.

Traditionally, saffron was used as a cure by the Mediterranean people as well as in Western Europe.
Saffron has been an ingredient in many potions to fight all sorts of ills and diseases, including the Black Plague during the great epidemics that devastated the West in the Middle Ages.

Today, the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries are very interested in Saffron's properties, while scientific research rediscovers and validates with its objective methods the empirical knowledge of the Ancients.

The medicinal properties of Saffron are numerous.
It can be safely used against pain, stress, depression, insomnia, and cholesterol.
Saffron also has strong properties : antiseptic, anti-cancer, digestive, etc.
It protects the heart, the arteries and the nervous tissues.
It regulates metabolism.
It improves the general well-being.

ATTENTION ! Pregnant women should not use it because it is an abortifacient.

Saffron also has undeniable cosmetic properties.
It is renowned in Orient for curing skin problems, and regularly used as a cosmetic, it will give a nice complexion and perfect skin texture.

For more information, read La Bible du Safranier

To enjoy the gastronomic, medicinal, dyeing and cosmetic properties of saffron, you must use (1) real saffron and (2) a high quality Saffron.
Given the extent of fraud and the frequency of poor quality Saffrons on the market, find your Saffron directly in a Saffron Farm.

Did you know ?

Saffron is first and foremost a remedy : TRUE | The Mediterranean People traditionally used Saffron as a remedy before using it as a spice, and Europeans have long used Saffron in officinal preparations targeting the whole spectrum of ailments they suffered. Saffron has a positive impact on mood (antidepressant, stimulant, euphoric), libido (aphrodisiac), sleep (calming, sedative), métabolism (antidiabetic, hypocholesterolemic), digestion (aperitif, digestive), heart (cardiotonic), etc. It also acts as a antiseptic antibacterial, Hypo-allergenic, anticancer, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, etc.
Saffron is an oriental spice : FALSE | It is a European spice whose history we have forgotten. The wild ancestor of Crocus sativus is endemic in Greece and Crete only. Crocus sativus does not originate from the East but from within Europe.
Fresh Saffron must mature : TRUE | Saffron is more aromatic 6 to 12 months after harvest. Like wines, Saffron must mature to bring the best of itself
Saffron can not be stored for long : FALSE | Protected from heat, moisture, light, and air, Saffron keeps all its properties 4 years at least
Saffron Made in France is a reference : TRUE | The French Saffrons are among the best in the world : exceptional quality, highly developed floral aromas, unique organoleptic profiles, extreme rarity. Speaking of the French production on a TV program (February 23, 2013), Chef Guy Martin said : French production is the Swiss watchmaking compared to the all-coming from Spain and Iran. These are two different products, which have nothing in common. Take advantage of the opportunity offered by La Paradisière to acquire and discover one of these productions
Saffron is expensive : FALSE | 1 gram of saffron spice will color and flavor 50 portions of paella (0.5 € per serving)
1g = not much : FALSE | 1g = A lot of work, time, and effort ! 200 to 250 flowers of Crocus sativus = 600 to 750 stigmata = 3 hours of work (planting, cultivating, harvesting, pruning, drying). Want to harvest your first gram of saffron ? Plant 100 to 200 Crocus sativus bulbs

Safran de France et d'ailleurs, Roi des Épices

Alain Kruger was welcoming Dr. Lachaud on France Culture (National Media)
(On ne parle pas la bouche pleine | Safran, de France et d'ailleurs | France Culture, le 15.12.2013)

Le Safran sur FRANCE CULTURE

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1. A book on Saffron to grow and harvest your own Safran :
La Bible du Safranier

2. A book on Saffron to know how to use Saffron :
La Bible du Safran

3. Become a Saffron Farmer : Our Saffron Farming Training Program