Embark on a culinary journey to discover two exceptional flavored butter recipes: Saffron Butter and Cardamom Butter. These aromatic and versatile spreads will elevate your cooking and baking experiences to new heights. Crafted with the finest ingredients, our recipes guide you through the process of creating these flavorful butters, ensuring perfect consistency and depth of flavor. From infusing butter with the vibrant hues and earthy aroma of saffron to capturing the warm, sweet notes of cardamom, these recipes unlock a world of possibilities in your kitchen. Transform your meals with Saffron Butter's golden touch, adding a touch of elegance to grilled meats, seafood, and roasted vegetables. Experience the harmonious blend of cardamom and butter in Cardamom Butter, perfect for spreading on warm toast, enhancing the flavors of curries, or adding a touch of exoticism to your baked goods. With detailed instructions and helpful tips, these recipes empower you to create culinary masterpieces that will impress your family and friends.
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FLAVORED BUTTER: SAFFRON AND CARDAMOM BUTTER
Gifts or fridge. *Uses: on steamed or grilled fish, in couscous, to add interest to a roast chicken sandwich, melted over steamed carrots with honey*
Provided by Annacia
Categories < 15 Mins
Time 5m
Yield 5 ounces
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Soak 1/2 teaspoon saffron in 2 tablespoons single cream.
- Beat this, 1/4 teaspoon salt flakes and 1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom into the butter until smooth.
- Roll, sprinkle another 1/2 teaspoon saffron strands over rolled butter, cover again and store in refrigerator.
- FOR GIFT:.
- Wrap each butter roll in foil and then tissue paper, twisting the ends like a sweet wrapper.
- Add a label with the flavour.
- Include suggestions for uses or recipes and bundle together in a gift basket.
BUTTER SAFFRON SAUCE
This elegant butter sauce with a touch of saffron is both a beautiful and flavorful sauce. It is delicious served with chicken medallions and rice, or mashed potatoes.
Provided by Divinity Turley
Categories Side Dish Sauces and Condiments Recipes Sauce Recipes
Time 30m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Combine shallots, white wine, and vinegar in a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium heat until the liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes. Whisk in heavy cream, reduce heat to low and simmer until the mixture is reduced by half, about 10 minutes.
- Remove the sauce from heat and whisk in the butter, little by little, until smooth. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add saffron. Keep sauce warm over a double boiler until serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 516 calories, Carbohydrate 6.7 g, Cholesterol 152.7 mg, Fat 51.1 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 1.9 g, SaturatedFat 32.2 g, Sodium 65.9 mg, Sugar 1.3 g
MAPLE-CARDAMOM SAFFRON STICKY BUNS
I love to sprinkle nigella seeds over the tops of these fragrant buns - they look great and the savory nigella contrasts well with the sweet dough. (Sesame seeds would work, too.) Clotted cream is the perfect accompaniment, but if you can't find it, crème fraîche or mascarpone would also be lovely - whether at breakfast or teatime.
Provided by Yotam Ottolenghi
Categories breakfast, brunch, breads, pastries
Time 1h30m
Yield 8 buns
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a small pot, combine milk, butter, sugar and 1/3 cup/60 milliliters water over medium heat and heat about 1 minute, until butter has melted and the mixture is just lukewarm. (Too much heat will kill the yeast when it's added.)
- Transfer to a bowl, add saffron and yeast, whisk to combine and then set aside until the mixture is yellow and lightly frothy, 15 to 30 minutes.
- In a stand mixer fitted with a dough hook, combine both flours, the salt and the milk mixture. Knead for 3 minutes, starting on the lowest speed and gradually increasing to medium, pausing every now and then to scrape down the sides and incorporate any dry bits on the bottom of the bowl. (If there is flour that refuses to be incorporated, add a teaspoon or two of water.)
- Transfer dough to a lightly floured work surface. Knead by hand for 5 minutes, until smooth and elastic. Cover dough with a damp cloth and let rest for 10 minutes.
- Grease a 9-inch/24-centimeter cake pan and line it with parchment paper. Divide the dough into 8 equal pieces and roll each into a smooth ball. Place 1 dough ball in the center of the cake pan and then arrange the rest in a circle around it, leaving a 1/2-inch/1-centimeter gap on all sides of each ball. Cover with a slightly damp cloth and leave to rise in a warm place for about 1 1/2 hours, until doubled in size. The buns will press against one other and against the sides of the pan.
- Toward the end of the rising, heat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit/200 degrees Celsius. Bake the risen buns for 20 to 25 minutes, until golden-brown and a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- While the buns bake, make the syrup: Use the flat side of a heavy knife to crush the cardamom and discard the papery outer pods, reserving the seeds. Use the knife or a mortar and pestle to lightly crush the seeds. Slit the vanilla bean lengthwise and use the tip of a small knife to scrape out the seeds from both sides. In a small pot, combine maple syrup, butter, cardamom and vanilla seeds over medium heat and cook 5 minutes, whisking occasionally, until the butter has melted and the syrup has thickened. Reduce the heat if necessary to prevent scorching. Set aside and keep warm.
- As soon as the buns are baked, use a pastry brush to coat them evenly with syrup, then immediately sprinkle with the sea salt and seeds (if using). Let cool 10 minutes before transferring to a serving plate. To eat, slice the bun across the middle, and spread generously with clotted cream.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 281, UnsaturatedFat 3 grams, Carbohydrate 44 grams, Fat 10 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 4 grams, SaturatedFat 6 grams, Sodium 243 milligrams, Sugar 26 grams, TransFat 0 grams
17 EASY WAYS TO MAKE FLAVORED BUTTER
These flavored butter recipes are fantastic! They're sweet, savory, creamy, and you 'butter' believe they'll add a new level of yum to your meals.
Provided by insanelygood
Categories Recipe Roundup Toppings
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Select your favorite recipe.
- Organize all the required ingredients.
- Prep a delicious recipe in 30 minutes or less!
Nutrition Facts :
PISTACHIO, CARDAMOM AND SAFFRON COOKIES
There is something decadent in the simplicity of shortbread cookies. Bursting with flavors, this easy cookie is gorgeous to behold, its heady aroma of saffron, pandanus and cardamom are inviting and intoxicating, and it is even more deliciously addictive at first bite. These cookies will surely test your willpower and your festive spirit of sharing. My paternal grandfather owned a cookie shop called 'Nandita's' in the mid-1970s, in Thane, a suburb of my hometown of Mumbai. He was a chef and restaurateur in his youth and loved to cook, particularly desserts. We called him Jadiya Dadaji -- or plump grandpa, as his love of good food showed in his cheeks and belly. Each Diwali, he would come home to cook something special for my father. To calm us eager kids, he brought with him one or more large tins filled to the brim with cookies. Sometimes my brother and I each got our own tin, at other times we got one large tin -- to share. These cookies are an homage to him, Jadiya Dadaji, and the love of nuanced flavors and cooking that he instilled in our family, particularly my mother and me.
Provided by Food Network
Categories dessert
Time 1h45m
Yield 15 to 18 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease a multi-cavity cookie tray (e.g. mini muffin tray, a muffin-top tray or a hemisphere pan) with the 1 tablespoon butter and set aside to chill.
- Combine the warm milk with the saffron threads, stir and set aside for 5 minutes until the saffron threads begin to bloom and the milk takes on a golden hue.
- Cream the remaining 1/2 cup butter with the granulated sugar in a large mixing bowl for 2 to 3 minutes until the butter is soft and the sugar has melted in. Add the crushed cardamom pods, finely chopped pistachios, the saffron milk with the saffron threads and a pinch of grated nutmeg if using and the pandanus water. Mix until well combined. Slowly add in the all-purpose flour and salt and mix well again. The mixture will be sandy in texture. Use a spatula to break up any lumps and stir it all until well combined and there are no dry spots.
- Portion the cookie mixture using an ice cream scoop and scoop it directly into the prepared chilled cookie tray. Lightly compress the mixture into the cavity using the back of a spoon. Fill each cavity to the top as these cookies will not rise. Chill any unused cookie mixture between bakes.
- Bake for 12 to 14 minutes or until the edges begin to lightly brown. The cookies do not change color or rise during baking. Carefully unmold from the cookie tray. Place them on a wire rack and allow them to cool completely before storing in an airtight container in a cool place until ready to decorate.
- To decorate: Arrange the cookies on a wire rack with a drip pan or cookie sheet underneath.
- Bring a few inches of water to a simmer in a medium saucepan. Place the melting white chocolate wafers in a heatproof bowl over the simmering water. The bottom of the bowl must not touch the water. Maintain a slow simmer and do not let the water boil. Using a silicone spatula, stir until the chocolate is melted. Quickly stir in one pinch of saffron threads while the chocolate is warm.
- Carefully pour the white chocolate over the cookies or dunk cookies into the chocolate. Alternatively, use a spoon to drizzle the melted chocolate over each cookie. Sprinkle the pistachio slivers, gold dust or sprinkles and more saffron threads before the chocolate hardens. Cool completely.
- Serve when the chocolate is firm.
- Store in a cool, airtight container for up to a week.
SAFFRON-CARDAMOM RICE
A colorful, aromatic rice that is good with the Spicy Lamb Stew with Apricots and Cardamom, or with broiled chicken, fish or vegetables.
Categories Nut Onion Rice Side Vegetarian Raisin Pine Nut Saffron Winter Bon Appétit
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Melt 1 teaspoon butter in small skillet over medium heat. Add pine nuts; sauté until golden, about 5 minutes. Cool.
- Melt remaining 2 teaspoons butter in medium saucepan over medium heat. Add onion and sauté until slightly softened, about 5 minutes. Add rice and stir 2 minutes. Add 1 1/2 cups water, raisins, sugar, salt, saffron and cardamom. Bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat; let stand covered 10 minutes. Stir in pine nuts.
SAFFRON BUTTER
A Spanish and Mediterranean influenced butter, this goes with many vegetables. Try fennel, eggplant, tomatoes and pasta. Enjoy!
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Onions
Time 15m
Yield 1/2 cup
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Cover the saffron threads with 2 teaspoons hot water and let it steep until the color emerges, after a few minutes.Work it into the butter, which has been brought to room temperature, with the remaining ingredients, using a wooden spoon.
- Move to a crock or place on wax paper and roll into a cylinder. Freeze until firm. Once frozen, slice into thin disks. Use as desired on vegetables, meat, fish, etc. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1662.1, Fat 184.3, SaturatedFat 116.6, Cholesterol 488.1, Sodium 1630.4, Carbohydrate 8, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 0.3, Protein 3.3
Tips:
- Use the best quality ingredients. This means using fresh, unsalted butter, pure saffron threads, and freshly ground cardamom pods. Using high-quality ingredients will ensure that your flavored butter has the best possible flavor.
- Don't skimp on the saffron. Saffron is a relatively expensive spice, but it's worth the investment. A little bit of saffron goes a long way, and it will give your butter a beautiful golden color and a distinctive flavor.
- Grind the cardamom pods yourself. Pre-ground cardamom powder can be used, but freshly ground cardamom pods will give your butter a more intense flavor. To grind the cardamom pods, simply remove the seeds from the pods and grind them in a spice grinder or mortar and pestle.
- Let the butter cool completely before using it. This will allow the flavors to meld and develop. You can store the butter in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Conclusion:
Saffron and cardamom butter is a delicious and versatile ingredient that can be used to add flavor to a variety of dishes. It's perfect for spreading on bread or toast, using as a condiment for grilled meats or fish, or adding to soups and stews. It's also a great way to add a touch of luxury to your favorite baked goods.
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