Tag Archives: Dessert

This pumpkin and saffron vegan custard recipe is a delicious, healthy and easy-to-make dessert. Making a vegan custard, that is, without any ingredient of animal origin, is very simple. Just substitute the eggs for cornstarch and use your favourite vegetable drink. We’ve opted for almond milk and coconut milk. You’ll love the result!   Ingredients […]

These high temperatures entices one to consume fresh products, which are easy and quick to make. And this apricot sorbet with saffron syrup recipe is so simple and nutritious that, once you’ve made it but once, it’s safe to say that you’ll repeat making the sorbet again and again. We love it as, furthermore, it’s […]

  Calling all most sweet-toothed members of the family! Today is National Chocolate Ice Cream Day and for making that something special and different at Antonio Sotos we have decided that there’s no better way for celebrating it than with a delicious homemade recipe as that of a saffron chocolate ice cream. Do you want […]

  On the brink of kicking off Easter and popping into the heads of all food lovers is a very traditional dish … Yes, you’ve guessed it!  We’re talking about anise doughnuts, but, what would you say if we added that delicious flavour that saffron imbues to dishes?   Anise doughnuts with saffron Ingredients  1 […]

As we head into December, a month with a special spirit, the Christmas spirit. This makes us think more about others and less about ourselves, we begin to prepare for Christmas with our friends and relatives with special menus for that day that we will spend with our family.   Occasionally we have mentioned a […]

Continuing with traditional cuisine, and it is because in Antonio Sotos we are lovers of good food and good company.  That’s why today we have brought you a dessert to share: buñuelos (pastries) with saffron cream filling. Here in Castile-La Mancha these buñuelos (pastries) are very popular, and it is not very difficult to find […]

Continuing with our commitment that saffron is a Summer spice and where a myriad of recipes can be prepared using saffron.   Today we have brought a quick and easy recipe, where in only 25 minutes you can prepare “Orange saffron rice” a dish that will take your guests’ breath away.   It is a […]

As we have already mentioned for some time now, saffron is also used in summer.  And there are many ways for using this spice and adding it to our dishes. Today we have brought you a fresh, healthy dessert using saffron. Drawing a little bit of our inspiration from, after visiting the website “Directo al […]

“A meal without dessert is like a suit without a tie,” said chef Fernard Point. And so as not to have a suit without a tie, today we bring you a simple dessert in which saffron plays the starring role: the pear tart. In this case, we will be using Raul’s recipe, Raul who has […]

Saffron was used as an aromatic and seducing essence in ancient Egypt, according to the very first historical references available. It is obtained from the commonly called saffron flower “ rosa del azafrán”, a plant from the Iridaceae family, Cleopatra was a frequent consumer. Its properties were also well-known in Ancient Greece and in the […]