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Saffron is the world's most expensive spice by weight.
Saffron is the most expensive spice in the world. Do you like to cook with saffron? How long do you soak saffron before using it?
Saffron, with the botanical name crocus sativus, is the most expensive spice in the world. Derived from the dried stigmas of the purple saffron crocus, it takes anything from 70,000 to 250,000 flowers to make one pound of saffron. The flowers have to be individually hand-picked in the autumn when fully open. Fortunately, only a little needs to be added to a dish to lend it colour and aroma; too much makes the food bitter
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it is a complete flower, but only the inside (heart is used for the spice, which is the most expensive spice on this earth.
No, Saffron is a spice. One of the most expensive, if not the most expensive spice on earth.
Crocus sativus. Perennial. Plant produces saffron is the world's most expensive spice. It takes 150,000 orange-red stigmas of the flowers are used to make two pounds of the spice. Used by Gourmet Chefs in many dishes. You don't need to purchase this expensive spice again! Grow your own plants in for home use or for restaurant use. The lovely lavender blossoms in fall are an added bonus to your garden. Planted in the fall, it bears lovely lavender flowers the following autumn. Five or six plants will produce enough spice for one recipe
Mainly Saffron (most expensive spice in the world), raisins, pomegranate, wine, and figs.
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Cardamom - Not unlike saffron cardamom is hard work to produce, pods are picked, pods are stripped by hand (approx 12 seeds per pod), it will take the contents of approx 10 pods to create 1 teaspoon of ground cardamom Ground cardamom is the most expensive form - upto around £6 per oz ($10)
Saffron is the stigma of the saffron crocus flower which is used in Mexican and Spanish cooking. The dish it is most notably used in is paella.