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SAFFRON (Zafferano) - ITALY

(Zafferano - Saffron)
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SAFFRON in ABRUZZO
Without any doubts saffron is one of the most precious among the spices and the saffron produced in Navelli is considered to be the best in the world thanks to its qualities. Gourmets from all over the world appreciate it for its taste and fragrance; but it also has healing properties. You get the saffron from the Crocus Sativus's stigma, i.e. the violet Saffron flower. The spice's typical colour is due just to the red stigma of the saffron flower.
You need about two hundred thousand flowers to get 1 Kg saffron in threads, that is the most excellent kind of saffron thanks to its taste and fragrance, even though it takes quite a long time to prepare: in fact, it needs to be toasted and pulverized or to be soaked in boiling water.
Saffron comes from the Middle East; it was introduced in Italy by a Dominican friar around 1300. The cultivation of saffron spread over Abruzzo and several Italian areas but today it is cultivated only in Navelli, the only place in Italy where it grows with no difficulties.

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TYPICAL PRODUCTS

Montepulciano d'Abruzzo
Extra virgin olive oil
Lentils
Mozzarella
Red Garlic
Italian confetti
Italian truffles
Saffron

RECIPES

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FESTIVAL

Talami
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