Saffron Tea Bread

"sophie grigson's TV programme a wonderfully yellow tea bread using saffron, old English recipe"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 15mins
Ingredients:
8
Yields:
1 loaf
Serves:
10
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ingredients

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directions

  • put the saffron in a jug and pour in 230 ml of hot water.
  • leave to infuse for at least 20 minutes.
  • put the butter and sugar in a large saucepan and stir over a moderate heat.
  • When the butter has melted and mixed with the sugar, add the sultanas and cherries.
  • pour in the saffron water.
  • return to heat and simmer gently for 5 minutes.
  • leave to cool.
  • preheat over to 180c/gas 4.
  • grease and line a 500gr loaf tin.
  • stir in the flour/salt and baking powder and slowly stir into saffron mixture to form a batter.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared loaf tin and bake for between 1 and 1 and quarter hours, or until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
  • leave to cool on a rack.
  • serve in slices with butter.
  • I have a 1 KG tin, so just use double the mixture and bake longer

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Reviews

  1. Sorry, I didn't care for this recipe at all. It was a waste of good saffron. Perhaps there should be egg in the recipe. The texture is rubbery. I wouldn't serve it to guests.
     
  2. Loved it! This recipe turned out to be exactly what I was looking for! We have a senior family friend who is English and not well. His mother made him saffron bread so I took up the challenge by using Ann's recipe. Superb! I soaked the raisins in the saffron tea while it was being infused. I also added some chopped walnuts and some chopped tropical fruit mix. The most difficult part of the recipe for me was changing the measurements to USA.
     
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London, England. Now work as a cook in a nursery but have cooked all my life from a child. Have travelled the world and picked up cuisines and people on the way. Although Im just cooking basic kids stuff for work, I love cake decorating and private catering on all levels
 
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