{"id":10531,"date":"2022-11-25T23:02:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T22:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/?p=10531"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:46:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:46:49","slug":"saffron-turkey-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/en\/2022\/11\/25\/saffron-turkey-2\/","title":{"rendered":"San Donato&#8217;s Recipes Advent Calendar: Saffron Turkey"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Think of a golden, savoury, velvety coat for your turkey and then think of pairing it with the wonderful <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fattoriasandonato.it\/shop\/wine\/white-wine\/vernaccia-di-san-gimignano-docg-selezione-angelica\/\">Vernaccia di San Gimignano, selection Angelica.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>If your mouth\u2019s already watering, no worries, because so is ours, since today we are preparing a San Donato classic: Tacchino allo zafferano!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>A recipe that allows us to use all 3 of the San Gimignano Golds: Vernaccia, Saffron and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fattoriasandonato.it\/shop\/olive-oil\/organic-extra-virgin-olive-oil\/\" data-type=\"URL\">Extra Virgin olive oil<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>San Gimignano is not only famous for its towers, its crisp white wine and extra virgin olive oil, it is also well known for this ancient red spice coming from Persia in a flower, that was believed to have aphrodisiac properties as well as plenty antioxidants and vitamins.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Without further ado, let&#8217;s begin!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" class=\"wp-image-10532\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shooting-1024x769.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shooting-1024x769.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shooting-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shooting-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shooting-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/shooting-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">INGREDIENTS<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li>1 Turkey breast<\/li>\r\n<li>Flour qb\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fattoriasandonato.it\/shop\/olive-oil\/organic-extra-virgin-olive-oil\/\">Extravirgin olive oil qb<\/a><\/li>\r\n<li>1 clove of garlic<\/li>\r\n<li>Herbs q.b.\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Sage<\/li>\r\n<li>Parsley<\/li>\r\n<li>ThyMe<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fattoriasandonato.it\/shop\/wine\/white-wine\/vernaccia-di-san-gimignano-docg-selezione-angelica\/\">Vernaccia di San Gimignano (preferably Angelica)<\/a> &#8211; 1 cup<\/li>\r\n<li>Saffron &#8211; a bunch of pistils<\/li>\r\n<li>Hot Water &#8211; 1 cup<\/li>\r\n<li>A pinch of salt\u00a0<\/li>\r\n<li>Pepper q.b.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Cut the turkey breast into smaller cubes then coat them with flour, don\u2019t be sparse!\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>In the meantime, in a large glass, put your saffron stem and cover it with one glass f boiling water, to release the spices aromas.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Tend to the pan and coat it, once hot, with a generous drizzle of olive oil, a clove of garlic &#8211; make sure you remove the germ beforehand to make it more digestible &#8211; and your sage and thyme onto medium-high heat.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Once it sizzles, add your flour coated turkey and cook for a few moments.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Saute with wine wine once it\u2019s browning and then add your lemon zest, your saffron in water and a pinch of salt and pepper.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Cook for a few minutes on medium heat and <em>voil\u00e0 <\/em>your goldenturkey is ready to serve!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Make sure you serve it with a glass of Angelica, whose complex oaky notes of the barrique perfectly enhance the saffron\u2019s floral taste!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10585\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1100363-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"-498\" height=\"-662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1100363-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1100363-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1100363-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1100363-1153x1536.jpg 1153w, https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1100363-1538x2048.jpg 1538w, https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/P1100363-600x799.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">P.S. Chicken also works wonders for this recipe \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10523\" src=\"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Schermata-2022-11-12-alle-16.14.08-1-1024x478.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"106\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Think of a golden, savoury, velvety coat for your turkey and then think of pairing it with the wonderful Vernaccia di San Gimignano, selection Angelica.\u00a0 If your mouth\u2019s already watering, no worries, because so is ours, since today we are preparing a San Donato classic: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[175],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-san-donato-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10531"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11490,"href":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10531\/revisions\/11490"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sandonato.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}