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Uploaded on 12 July, 2009
- Length : 3:39
- Category: Food & Drink and History. Tags: azafrán, Madridejos, saffron, and Toledo.
Saffron is a century’s old spice, prized by the ancient Greeks as well as throughout the rest of the Mediterranean and Asia. MNBTV went to see how the spice is now being cultivated and promoted anew in a town in La Mancha, Madridejos, where a new Museo del Azafrán (Saffron Museum) opened recently. The time to pick the flowers is late October. Our hosts, representatives of the regulations council of the D.O. of La Mancha, took us out to a field owned by a local family, and where the whole family is involved in the flower picking, children and adults alike. The secret to why Spain makes the best saffron? Toasting.
For more about this flavorful condiment, visit our blog.
Host: Consejo Regulador D.O. Azafrán de la Mancha
Company: Fundación C.R.D.O. Azafrán de la Mancha – Telf: 925 47 02 84 – http://www.doazafrandelamancha.com – email: doam@doazafrandelancha.com
