About @import url("https://www.desercart.com/static/froala_style_v2.min.css"); PINA Saffron is a 70 year old, world renowned Spanish brand of Saffron, which provides saffron in its natural form with no additives or preservatives. To ensure quality, Pina only purchases flowers from its farmers and then perform all the required procedures in-house, in its state-of-the-art facility. Every step of the process focuses on preserving the natural quality, colour, aroma and flavour of the produce, as per the standards specified in ISO 3632. Pina sources its saffron from the Spanish tablelands of La Mancha, to ensure that the very best Saffron the world has to offer is made available. Apart from saffron being used in a wide range of sweet and savouries, it also has major health benefits like, helping digestion, controlling blood pressure, curing respiratory disorders, and providing better over-all health to pregnant women. Ingredients @import url("https://www.desercart.com/static/froala_style_v2.min.css"); Saffron How to Use @import url("https://www.desercart.com/static/froala_style_v2.min.css"); These recommendations will help you get all the colour, fragrance and flavour out of your saffron: 1) Immerse the strands into a warm liquid (water, stock, single cream, lemon, wine, vinegar...) in accordance with your recipe. Leave to stand for at least 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Strain the liquid and pour into the dish you are preparing. The saffron threads may also be used for a decorative effect in some of your recipes. 2) Alternatively, toast the threads over a gentle heat for 2 or 3 minutes and crush using a pestle and mortar or by simply pressing down with the back of a spoon. Use the crushed saffron in the same way as the threads, as indicated in point 1. NB: When preparing soups, or dishes with a stock or sauce, do not allow the saffron to boil for too long. Add towards the end of cooking.