{"id":16852,"date":"2019-07-09T16:00:24","date_gmt":"2019-07-09T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/campus-life\/?p=16852"},"modified":"2021-12-02T10:13:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T09:13:12","slug":"a-guide-to-valencian-paella","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/campus-life\/en\/a-guide-to-valencian-paella\/","title":{"rendered":"A guide to Valencian paella"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know that paella, the traditional Spanish dish<\/a>, was born here, in the Valencia region? There are several types of paella, which can be somehow confusing. That\u2019s why we decided to recap what a true Valencian paella is!<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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A\u00a0traditional Spanish dish?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Paella is probably the first thing that comes to your mind when talking about traditional Spanish dishes, and rightfully so! Along with gazpacho, tortilla de patatas or croquetas, paella is an internationally renown<\/strong> Spanish foods. And it’s quite understandable: it’s delicious<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

What is interesting though is that in Spain, paella is sometimes more considered a Valencian dish more than Spanish<\/strong>. As paella is said to have been born in Valencia, it’s common to argue that the true paella is the Valencian paella, paella valenciana<\/em>. How proud can we be to be studying and living in the region where paella was born?<\/p>\n

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A dish to protect<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because of<\/span> this pride for paella, you ought to be very careful with what you can or cannot call \u201cpaella\u201d. Indeed, the dish is part of Spain’s national heritage<\/strong> so protecting the original recipe is important. <\/span><\/p>\n

As a consequence, Spaniards take their paella extremely seriously and this has led to some “paella scandals<\/a><\/strong>” in the gastronomy world. Just like you don’t put cream in a carbonara, just like you don’t cut a croissant and put marmalade inside, you cannot put some chorizo in a paella. It is all about keeping what is part of a very long tradition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What\u2019s in a Valencian paella?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Anyway, let’s get down to business and see what a real paella is made of. <\/span>I’m not Valencian, and I don’t want to write anything wrong, so the following information comes from\u00a0Wikipaella<\/a>, a non-profit association dedicated to protect paella <\/strong>as part of Spanish\/Valencian culture (I told you paella was quite a serious matter here).<\/p>\n

There are two recipes <\/strong>that are considered as “official” recipes for paellas: a meat paella, and a variation with seafood.<\/p>\n