{"id":14777,"date":"2026-03-20T16:52:04","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tuttofood.gr\/?post_type=product&#038;p=14777"},"modified":"2026-10-21T17:48:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T14:48:38","slug":"saffron","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.tuttofood.gr\/en\/eshop\/saffron\/","title":{"rendered":"Saffron Kozani 5g"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saffron is a culinary treasure par excellence. <strong>When and How to Add It to Recipes\u00a0<\/strong>Risottos and first courses: Add the saffron infusion during the final minutes of cooking the rice or pasta to ensure the delicate aroma is not lost.<br \/>\nMeat and fish: Ideal for marinades or accompanying sauces for white meats, shrimp, fish soups, and bouillabaisse.<br \/>\nDesserts and beverages: Excellent in brioches, cookies, specialty breads, or even steeped on its own as a relaxing herbal tea.\u00a0Greek saffron\u2014known as Krokos Kozanis PDO\u2014is primarily used by steeping the threads in a warm liquid (water, broth, or milk) for at least 20\u201330 minutes before use, or by grinding them into a powder and adding them toward the end of the cooking process.<br \/>\n<strong>Preparation Techniques<br \/>\n<\/strong>Steeping the threads: Place the threads in a small cup with a little warm (not boiling\u2014about 50\u201360\u00b0C) water or broth for 30\u201360 minutes, then add the entire mixture (liquid and threads) to your dish.<br \/>\n<strong>Using it as a powder<\/strong>: If using powdered Greek saffron, dissolve it first in a spoonful of warm water or milk to prevent clumping, or add it to your dish during the final minutes of cooking.<br \/>\n<strong>Quick toasting<\/strong>: You can wrap the threads in parchment paper, heat them for a few seconds in a warm pan, gently crumble them with your fingers, and then dissolve them into your liquid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: center\">Saffron is a culinary treasure par excellence. <strong>When and How to Add It to Recipes\u00a0<\/strong>Risottos and first courses: Add the saffron infusion during the final minutes of cooking the rice or pasta to ensure the delicate aroma is not lost.<br \/>\nMeat and fish: Ideal for marinades or accompanying sauces for white meats, shrimp, fish soups, and bouillabaisse.<br \/>\nDesserts and beverages: Excellent in brioches, cookies, specialty breads, or even steeped on its own as a relaxing herbal tea.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14774,"template":"","meta":{"wds_primary_product_brand":0,"wds_primary_product_cat":0},"product_cat":[78],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-14777","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-haute-cuisine","first","instock","taxable","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple","col-xs-6 col-sm-4","col-md-3 col-lg-3","un-4-cols"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuttofood.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/14777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuttofood.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuttofood.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuttofood.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tuttofood.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuttofood.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=14777"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tuttofood.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=14777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}