Valencian Paella (Arroz en paella a la valenciana)
Paella Valenciana in Chilches (By Pepelum)
A true Valencian Paella ’s ingredients come from the produce of the fertile coastal strip: rabbit and chicken, tomato, plus several local varieties of green and dried beans and white vaqueta snails after rain (they shouldn’t be substituted by other varieties).
After that there is no clear agreement: some insist on rosemary and others dislike it; pimentón is usually, but not always, added alongside the saffron. This recipe comes from Levante, a restaurant in the small town of Benissanó (Valencia), which began serving paella accidentally twenty-five years ago as an extension of the family’s Sunday lunch. Since then,
it has grown into one of the most respected paella restaurants in the Valencia region. Rafael Vidal, the third generation in the kitchen, stresses that their recipe is not entirely orthodox; since today’s chicken falls off the bone if simmered in the old way, it’s only fried. He does, however, like most Valencians, consider wood fire an essential part of the recipe, as much for the flavor of the intense heat, which produces the socarrat, or crunchy brown crust. This is Rafael Vidal's recipe for a paella over a wood fire, in appropriate quantities. The wood for the cooking of the rice is traditionally orange and vine shoots, but any hard wood should be fine (pine is too smoky). Servings: 10
Ingredients:
- 2 - 1/4 lb Spanish short-grain rice, such as Bomb or Calasparra
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 free-range chicken, weight approx 4 - 1/2 lb
- 1 rabbit, weight approx 2 - 1/4 lb
- 3 ripe tomatoes, skinned and grated
- 1 lb 2 oz green runner beans (horseshoe bachoqueta)
- 9 oz flat white butter beans (lozenges)
- Rosemary, optional
- 3 - 1/2 quarts water
- Sea salt
- Saffron
Preparation:
- Build up the wood fire.
- Heat the olive oil in the paella pan.
- When it is very hot add the chicken and rabbit, cut into small chunks, plus any trimmings.
- Fry very well until the meat is golden brown.
- Add the tomato and the vegetable over the same high heat, and sauté them briefly with the meat.
- Add the water and build up the fire to give a steady rolling boil over the whole pan.
- After a few minutes, over very high heat, add the rice, salt and saffron.
- At this point the fire should be at its strongest; then slowly spread it out, allowing it to die down during the cooking to give an even socarrat (bottom crustiness).
- Leave to rest off the heat in the pan for 5 minutes before serving.
- If you want to use rosemary, cook a long sprig in the water for the rice before adding it to the pan.
By Rafael Vidal Recipe courtesy of Spain GourmeTour magazine. By: The store
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