Paella
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Paella is a rice dish originally from the
Valencian Community . Paella is regarded as one of the community’s identifying symbols. It is one of the best-known dishes in
Spanish cuisine .
The dish takes its name from the wide, shallow traditional pan used to cook the dish on an open fire, paella being the word for a frying pan in Valencian/Catalan language . As a dish, it may have ancient roots, but in its modern form, it is traced back to the mid-19th century, in the rural area around the Albufera lagoon adjacent to the city of Valencia , on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.
Paella de mariscos from The Salted Pig © Peachyeung316/cc-by-sa-4.0
Paella valenciana is the traditional paella of the
Valencia region , believed to be the original recipe, and consists of round-grain rice,
bajoqueta and
tavella (varieties of
green beans ), rabbit, chicken, sometimes duck, and
garrofó (a variety of
lima or butter bean ), cooked in olive oil and chicken broth. The dish is sometimes seasoned with whole
rosemary branches. Traditionally, the yellow color comes from
saffron , but
turmeric and
Calendula can be used as substitutes.
Artichoke hearts and stems may be used as seasonal ingredients. Most paella cooks use
bomba rice , but a cultivar known as
senia is also used in the Valencia region.
Paella de marisco (seafood paella) replaces meat with
seafood and omits beans and green vegetables, while
paella mixta (mixed paella) combines meat from
livestock ,
seafood ,
vegetables , and sometimes
beans , with the traditional rice.
Other popular local variations of
paella are cooked throughout the Mediterranean area, the rest of Spain, and internationally.
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