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PAELLA

Best Spanish Rice Recipe & Traditional Spanish Food!

Traditional Valencia Food

Paella National Dish of Spain!

Valencia is famous for many things but one of the most famous is Valencia is home to this amazing and very popular dish.

This popular dish originates from l'Albufera just a short journey from the center of Valencia. This is where the rice fields of Valencia are.

The famous Valencian author Vicente Blasco Ibáñez reflects about the area and the local people during the 18th century in his novel Cañas y barro.

Valencia Traditions

As well as being cooked in the lovely restaurants which line the promenade of Valencia, this tasty dish is cooked at home in the garden on special occasions and often on Sundays when the family are together.

Valencia is also the land of vast orange groves and the famous Valencian oranges so it's customary to use orange and pine branches for fuel when cooking this dish in the open air.

Ingredients

In present day Valencia ingredients for this famous dish include chicken, rabbit, butter beans, runner beans, tomatoes, garlic and the infamous saffron which gives it that very special taste. This definitely is the best Spanish Rice Recipe - Paella Valenciana

There are a variety of dishes which always include an ample supply of seafood as all coast towns and villages in Spain do. One of the most popular ingredients still used today are eels which the Albufera is famous for.

An interesting point to note is that the Catalan word meaning frying pan is from the old French paelle.

Sueca Paella Festival

Famous since the early 60s the festival takes place in the town of Sueca in the South of Valencia during the first fortnight in September. Spanish festivals wouldn't be complete without marching bands, fireworks and popular Spanish foods such as the traditional dish of Spain which everyone enjoys.

Easy Spanish Recipes

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