Saffron in BBQ sauce?

[Steve Petrone]

After years of storage...I found an old friend-Joy of Cooking 1975. One of 5 bbq sauces had saffron. I have never cooked with it tho it is found in a favorite dish-Paella

Anybody have thoughts of saffron in bbq sauce?

 

[Bryan S]

IMO, saffron is too expensive to use in BBQ sauce. Also one would think you would have to use a boat load of it to get any flavor from it with all that's going on in BBQ sauce. I love the stuff, but save it for soups, chicken pot pie (PA Dutch style), poatoes, and other dishes that it can come through. Steve, Saffron is wonderful.

 

[Steve Petrone]

Bryan, your comment echos what I was thinking. Having never used saffron, I didn't have any experience to from which to make that conclusion. Thanks for your thoughts.

 

[K Kruger]

I'm with Bry on this. Good saffron is spendy. It goes in the ras el hanout I make, and it good there, but would be lost in a typical Q sauce. It might be possible to tweak a sauce sufficiently to allow for saffron, but I think it would be better used in a side that the Q could be served with or on--rice, e.g., or potatoes. White basmati with garlic, shallot and saffron, perhaps with a little diced ripe tomato stirred in at the end, would be a nice side for a few different Q'd meats or chicken.