Carmencita ground saffron – 4 sachets (0.4 g) | Carmencita
House : Carmencita — Novelda (Alicante) · since 1923
Pure saffron, ground and measured into small sachets: one sachet is enough for 4 servings and dissolves straight into the cooking.
Origin
Carmencita is a Spanish house founded in 1923 in Novelda (Alicante) by Jesús Navarro Jover and Carmen Valero. It was the first Spanish company to pack spices in glass jars.
Details
- Ingredients: saffron
- Format: 4 sachets of 0.1 g (0.4 g)
- Yield: 1 sachet for 4 servings, 16 servings in total
How to use it
Add one sachet (0.1 g) for every 4 servings directly while cooking: it dissolves quickly. Paella, rice, soups, pasta and stews.
Why we chose it: To get to know Carmencita's saffron, the historic speciality of this Novelda (Alicante) house, this small box of four 0.1 g sachets is the right place to start. Ground, it dissolves quickly as it cooks: one sachet for four servings of paella, rice, soup or pasta.
At a glance
- Who it's for
- For anyone who wants to get started with saffron in their paellas, rice dishes, soups or pasta with a small format that dissolves on its own as it cooks.
- Ideal for
- Paella · Rice dishes
Carmencita
The saffron of Novelda, since 1923.
Carmencita was born in Novelda (Alicante) in 1923, founded by Jesús Navarro Jover and his wife Carmen Valero. In early-20th-century Novelda, spices were traded — above all saffron, which arrived from La Mancha to be exported to Asia and Africa.
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