Baked saffron rice pudding

This sunny saffron-flavored delight is a culinary ode to my childhood memories, when my mom was baking Christmas turkey stuffed with rice and raisins. That rice was so unforgettably delicious that later on (when I grew up:)) I wanted to prepare it in a similar way. This sweet rice bake is my tiny remind of family…

Orange saffron muffins

Easy-to-make muffins with dried apricots, rich orange flavor and sunny saffron. Dense-and-moist textured. Yield: 12 muffins        Ingredients 110 g/125 ml vegetable oil 300 ml plain non-sweet yogurt 2 eggs 140 g sugar 250 g flour 1 tablespoon orange zest (from 2 oranges) 15 saffron strands, ground 1/3 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon bicarbonate of…

Pumpkin millet pudding

A sweet grain-based pudding could be both breakfast and dessert. “Dessertish breakfast” I would say:) Whole grain millet contains starch which makes a pudding creamy. It’s very similar to rice pudding. Only rice replaced with millet and some pumpkin puree added. The power-packed meal of grains, pumpkin and nuts.        Ingredients 1/2 cup hulled yellow millet 2 cups…

Sütlaç – Turkish rice pudding

I love to cook with my family and friends. This super yummy rice pudding was prepared by my lovely friend Maria (with my little assistance:)). Usually I cook Kheer which is Indian rice pudding. But that’s another story:) Improvising we added to Sütlaç Indian saffron, egg yolks and pine nuts. The saffron by itself is a wonderful…