Tag Archives: paella

Arroz con Faisán y Chorizo

Arroz con Faisán y Chorizo (rice with pheasant and chorizo) is a simple dish loosely based on the popular  Arroz con Pollo y Chorizo (rice with chicken and chorizo). You will find Arroz con Pollo y Chorizo recipes throughout Spain … Continue reading

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Arroz con Gambas y Merluza

Arroz con Gambas y Merluza is a paella like dish of rice cooked with hake and prawns. I made this up, but you will find many recipes for Arroz Caldoso con Gambas y Merluza online – this is a soupy rice … Continue reading

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Venison Jambalaya

I had some fresh andouille sausage and a pack of diced venison in the freezer, so having not cooked jambalaya for quite a while, this seemed like a good opportunity to try out my new Spanish sartén (frying pan). Jambalaya typically … Continue reading

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Arroz al Horno con Marisco

Arroz al Horno con Marisco (oven baked seafood rice) is a variation on the Valencian arròs al forn – a baked meat with rice, cooked on Mondays, using the leftovers from the Sunday cocido (stew). These rice dishes, cooked in … Continue reading

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La Flauta

On Tuesday evening Alicia returned home, full of praise for La Flauta, where she’d been for lunch with a friend. As the restaurant is nearby, I thought I’d go and check it out. After a beautifully sunny dawn, the heavens … Continue reading

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Arroz Caldoso

Arroz Caldoso is a meat or seafood broth (bouillon) containing rice. Arroz is the Spanish word for rice and caldo means stock (broth). Arroz caldoso is almost certainly a precursor to paella, which is a relatively modern dish, invented in … Continue reading

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Paella de Marisco

Paella is a Valencian rice dish, which originated in the 18th Century. The Moors began cultivating rice in Spain, perhaps as far back as the 8th and 9th Centuries and the marshes and lagoon of L’Albufera, (in the south of … Continue reading

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Banys La Gavina

Last weekend some friends came to stay and on Saturday night (after another lunch at Domèstic) we went to watch the Catalan Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute band, Willy and the Poorboys. Someone spiked our drinks with alcohol, so on Sunday … Continue reading

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Arroz de Faisán y Conejo (Pheasant and Rabbit Rice)

Many people think that Paella (pie-eh-ya) is the Spanish national dish (along with slightly lesser known, Arroz a Banda and Arroz Negro), however, they would be mistaken, because these rice dishes all hail from the province of Valencia. The Moors … Continue reading

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Oh’Lola

Yesterday, I went on an outing with friends (and fellow bloggers), La Chica Andaluza and Cecilia. I discussed where to go with La Chica Andaluza a couple of weeks beforehand we decided on a Spanish themed day. That week, Time … Continue reading

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