The pot
Cook the pinch. Leave the teaspoon in the drawer.
These recipes were written for this suite. A small bloomed pinch is the whole trick: rice with onion and butter, mussels in a short broth, and milk that shows you exactly what your jar is worth.
Rice6 minSaffron rice, the plain wayOnion, rice, salt, butter, and a pinch that has already spent fifteen minutes in hot water.
How the amounts were chosen
They match the pinch on Saffron Cost: about 0.1 gram for four plates of rice or a chicken, and less than that for milk and for a pot of mussels for two. If you double them to "make it saffron-y," you will get bitterness.
A dull pot is information
Bright color and no floral taste means the threads never bloomed, or the jar is tired. Blooming is on Saffron Cook. Buying a fresh half-gram beats pouring in more dead saffron.