Potato And Saffron Bread Recipes

PARSLEYED POTATOES WITH SAFFRON

Steps:

• Steam potatoes in a steamer rack, covered, over boiling water until tender, 18 to 20 minutes.
• Melt butter with saffron in a medium skillet over medium heat until it foams, then add potatoes, parsley, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cook, shaking skillet to coat potatoes well, until heated through, about 1 minute.

POTATO AND SAFFRON BREAD

Steps:

• Cook potato. Drain, saving 7 oz. of the cooking water. Mash the potato without any additions and set aside to cool.
• Put the saffron threads into the reserved hot potato water and let them steep for at least 30 minutes. If you have time, 3-4 hours is better.
• Place all ingredients in bread machine in order recommended by manufacturer. Set on dough cycle.
• After cycle concludes, remove and shape into a round loaf or desired shape. Cover with oiled plastic wrap and let rise 30-45 minutes. Preheat oven to 400 deg. F.
• Slash loaf down and across, in a tic-tac-toe pattern. Bake for 35- 40 minutes.
• Note: I used only a 1/2 tsp of saffron threads, and that was sufficient to create a beautiful loaf. I'm sure more would have been wonderful.

SAFFRON BREAKFAST BREAD

Steps:

• Place bread flour, milk, eggs, sugar, butter, yeast, salt, and saffron in a bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer.
• Program the bread machine for the dough cycle; press "Start." Mix raisins into the dough by hand after the cycle is complete.
• Divide dough into 9 pieces. Roll each piece into a log 6 to 7 inches long. Pinch the ends of 3 logs together and form a 3-strand braid. Pinch ends together at the bottom of the braid. Repeat with remaining logs to make 2 more braided loaves.
• Transfer loaves to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper, placing them several inches apart. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rise until doubled, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Bake in the preheated oven until loaves are a light golden brown, about 15 minutes.

SAFFRON MASH POTATOES

Steps:

• Bring chicken stock, potatoes, garlic, and saffron to a boil in a large pot; cover and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes. Drain potatoes and return to the pot; reserve cooking stock for another use, if desired. Add milk, olive oil, salt, and black pepper to potatoes. Mash potatoes with a potato masher until smooth.

SUN OVEN SAFFRON POTATO BREAD

Steps:

• Place the potato in a sauce pan of boiling water, reduce the heat and simmer until tender. Drain the potato, reserving 7/8 cup of the cooking water in a cup. Add the saffron threads to the hot water and let stand for 30 minutes. Mash the potato and let cool. Add the saffron water to the bread machine pan. Add the mashed potato and the egg. Sprinkle flour over the ingredients in the pan, ensuring that they are completely covered. Add the dry milk. Add the honey, butter, and salt in separate corners. Make a shallow indentation in the center of the flour and add the yeast. Set the bread machine to the dough setting and press start. Check the dough after the first few minutes of kneading and add more water, 1 teaspoon at a time, if needed. When the dough cycle has finished turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Gently punch it down. Shape the dough into a plump ball. Place it on a lightly floured baking sheet. Cover with oiled plastic wrap and let rise for 30 to 45 minutes. Set Global Sun Oven out to preheat while the dough rises Slash the top of the loaf with three or four cuts, rotate and repeat to make a criss-cross pattern. Bake this in Sun Oven 1 to 1-1/2 hours or until it sounds hollow when tapped. Turn out onto a wire rack.

SAFFRON POTATOES

Steps:

• Crumble saffron threads into water.
• Peel potatoes and cut crosswise into 3/4-inch-thick slices. Rinse potatoes well and pat dry between paper towels.
• Heat butter in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then brown potatoes in 1 layer, turning over carefully, about 4 minutes per side. Add saffron-infused water, salt, and pepper and briskly simmer, uncovered, over moderate heat 5 minutes. Reduce heat to moderately low and simmer until potatoes are tender and water is evaporated, about 15 to 20 minutes more.