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Tuesday, August 21, 2007

The king of Valencian kitchens: Paella


Paella (pronounced: pa-ey-yah) is a rice dish, originally from Valencia, Spain, where it is traditionally eaten on Sundays. The name paella is the word for frying pan in Catalan/Valencian (from Latin patella).


Paella is usually garnished with vegetables and meat or seafood. The three main ingredients are rice, saffron, and olive oil.

There is an old story of how the Moorish kings' servants created rice dishes by mixing the leftovers from royal banquets in large pots to take home. It is said by some that that word paella originates from the Arabic word baqiyah, meaning leftovers.

It is, in fact, commonly believed that paella was served among kings in France and Spain. The Romans may have produced a first form of paella.

INGREDIENTS:

1 small onion, finely chopped

1 green pepper, finely chopped

½ red pepper, boiled until soft and then cut into long thin strips

2 medium-sized tomatoes, skinned and finely chopped

2 carrots, finely chopped

100g peas, cooked

200g shrimps (if using cooked prawns substitute fish stock for the water)

200g small clams

200g squid 12 mussels

350g rice (traditionally short grain rice is used but I prefer to use long grain)
2 cloves of garlic, coarsely chopped

a pinch of saffron strands (if you can't get saffron, use yellow food colouring instead and add it once you have added the liquid)

a sprig of parsley, finely chopped

olive oil

about 800ml water

PREPARATION:

MUSSELS: Wash the mussels, removing the beards. Throw away any that don't shut on contact with water.

FRESH SQUID: Rub off the outer dark skin. Pull out the insides (including the transparent back bone) and pinch the eye away from the tentacles. Save the tentacles. Cut the squid into rings.

CLAMS: Wash in water and then put in a bowl with some salt so that the grit comes out. Throw away any that are open.

SHRIMPS: Whether you peel them or not is up to you. If you decide to peel them, save the shells and boil in water for about ten minutes. Save the liquid and add later instead of water.

GARLIC: In a pestle and mortar, grind the garlic, saffron (if using), parsley and a pinch of salt.

RECIPE:

Heat some olive oil in a large frying pan. Add the onion, green pepper and carrot and fry gently for about five minutes. Add the chopped tomato and squid (with the tentacles) and fry on a low heat for another ten minutes.

Add the rice and stir well to make sure that it is thoroughly coated. Add water (or the water from boiling the prawn shells or fish stock if using frozen fish), clams and the garlic/saffron/parsley mixture and bring to the boil. Season with salt. Put a lid on it, turn the heat right down and cook very slowly for about ten minutes. Add the prawns and peas and give it a stir. Arrange the mussels and strips of red pepper artistically on top, put the lid back on and leave for another ten minutes - checking that it has enough water. Add more water if you think it is getting too dry, but shake the handle of the pan rather than stir so as not to upset the pattern. Once the rice is cooked and the mussels have opened, it is ready to eat.

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Paella is a dish invented by the gods! When I lived in Seattle, my friend Elena who had lived in Spain for eight years, would treat nearly our whole apartment house to three or four different paellas on Christmas Day. Her poor husband Kevin would doing the shopping for nearly a week in order to make this great feast.

When I move to Costa Rica to retire in three years, I hope to establish this tradition once again for myself and Tico friends!

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