Yellow Saffron Food Coloring

Name: Yellow Saffron Food Coloring
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: ½ cup (100 g) plus 1 tablespoon white granulated sugar; ½ teaspoon saffron threads; ¼ cup (60 ml) water; ½ teaspoon lemon juice

This homemade food coloring derives its color from saffron.

20 min

Ingredients

½ cup (100 g) plus 1 tablespoon white granulated sugar
½ teaspoon saffron threads
¼ cup (60 ml) water
½ teaspoon lemon juice

Steps

Use a pestle and mortar to crush the saffron and 1 tablespoon sugar together into a fine powder.
Combine the powder in a saucepan with the water and the rest of the sugar.
Turn the heat to medium-high, and stir to dissolve the sugar.
Simmer until the liquid reduces to a single-thread consistency.
Turn off the heat and stir in the lemon juice.
Cool slightly, then pour into an airtight jar and cool completely.

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Adapted from “Yellow Saffron Food Coloring” in the Wikibooks Cookbook by its contributors, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Reformatted for this site; this page's recipe text is shared under the same license.