I have not tried it yet, but Megan asked for a saffron recipe, and it sounds really good.
Recipe posted by mara2
SAFFRON PRETZEL
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Ingredients
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- 25 grams yeast
- 60 grams sugar
- 125 ml milk (lukewarm)
- 50 grams butter (or margarine)
- 375 grams flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 pinch of saffron
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- 2 eggs
- 50 grams raisins
- 50 grams candied lemon
- 2 tablespoons double cream
- 1 egg yolk
For the decoration
- 100 grams sugar
- 100 grams ground almonds
Method
- Add the yeast and 1 tsp sugar to the lukewarm milk and leave until it rises.
- Melt the butter and add the flour, rest of sugar, salt, saffron, zest of lemon and eggs. Add the yeast mixture and mix with a handheld until it's smooth.
- Put the dough on a flat surface and add the raisins and candied lemon. Knead it and cover with a kitchen towel and leave to rest for 30 minutes or until it doubles.
- Then knead again and divide in two. Make an 80 cm long bar and make pretzels in the size you like.
- Butter a baking pan and put the pretzels on it.
- Mix the cream with the yolk and spread on the pretzel.
- Decorate with sugar and almonds, and leave for another 15 minutes covered with a kitchen towel. Bake in 200 C oven for 30 minutes.
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