Cozze allo zafferano is a traditional dish from Abruzzo, Italy. It is made with classic cooked mussels prepared with parsley, onion, bay leaf, white wine, and olive oil and seasoned with L'Aquila saffron sauce.[1]

Cozze allo zafferano
Place of originItaly
Region or stateAbruzzo
Main ingredientsMussels, L'Aquila saffron

Although saffron is cultivated in Abruzzo, it is not a typical ingredient in the cuisine; this dish is "one of the rare examples", according to Anna Theresa Callen.[2][3]

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  1. "Recipe - Mussels with Saffron". Academia Barilla. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  2. Kummer, Corby (October 7, 1998). "Corby's Table". The Atlantic. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  3. Callen, Anna Teresa (March 26, 2004). Food and Memories of Abruzzo: Italy's Pastoral Land. Wiley. pp. 21–22. ISBN 978-0-7645-3826-1.