Envy me!

[Martín Zalacaín]

BY THE HIGH PRIESTESS OF PAELLA (My mother-in-law):

ARROZ AL HORNO copia(2).jpg


BY A PROMISING YOUNG STAR (My girlfriend):

ARROZ A LA MILANESA copia.jpg


Envy me!

[Monolith]

mmmmmmmmmmmm looks delicious!!
I envy you already

[Laocoon]

Where's the meat?

[Martín Zalacaín]

Originally Posted by Carnyx

Where's the meat?

The second one is a meatless dish --but nevertheless delicious! Most of the ingredients are from their own kitchen garden

[Laocoon]

Originally Posted by Gonzalvus

The second one is a meatless dish --but nevertheless delicious! Most of the ingredients are from their own kitchen garden

No doubt. But what sort of meat should we eat with it?

[Martín Zalacaín]

Originally Posted by Carnyx

No doubt. But what sort of meat should we eat with it?

I'd add some slices of roast carnyx to the second one. That would be a great idea

[Laocoon]

Originally Posted by Gonzalvus

I'd add some slices of roast carnyx to the second one. That would be a great idea

I'm coming.

[Menydh]

No offense but..

... the first are the ingredients of an arrós al forn (rice in the oven).. in a paella (fry-pan) !!!

And the second.. not even in Madrid I could imagine a paella rice with... peas and red and green peppers !!!!! (and only God and your girlfriend know what other heressies are those orange things there)


Alright, I had promised Susi to make a thread of some rice dishes and fish dishes that I cooked in August. I took pictures of all the steps, but I've been lazy to write the recipes and arrange the pictures for it.

Anyway, here goes two previews.:

Arrós amb llamàntol (melós .. a half way between dry and brothy rice)


Arrós à banda ("rice on the side", because with the remaining fish broth you boil some potato and fish pieces, which you then cover with all i oli (garlic and oil sauce) and pimentón dulce [sweet paprika]). The rice goes on a paella, with small peeled shrimps and cuts of squid.. not shown in the picture. What shows in the picture is the potatoes with a piece of swordfish, a pice of tunna, a piece of monkfish and a piece of spider fish.

[Galaico]

I liked my mother's paella (until I became rice allergic), and everyone at home does, but I won't post a picture, I don't want Mynydd to ruin it.

[Menydh]

Actually, the first is unusual because it is traditionally made on an earthenware dish in the oven, instead of in a paella on the fire. But it looks nice still.

But peas and peppers are something that you definitely don't put in a paella rice. The only Valencian rice that I've ever seen (and liked) with red peppers is a tunna paella from Alicante.

On the other hand, red peppers filled with a rice and meat sauce with herbs, cooked in the oven, are excellent.

[Susi]

I can still cook the best risotto out of ALL of you. :p

[Thief of always]

D'oh!

[Martín Zalacaín]

Originally Posted by Mynydd

No offense but..

... the first are the ingredients of an arrós al forn (rice in the oven).. in a paella (fry-pan) !!!

And the second.. not even in Madrid I could imagine a paella rice with... peas and red and green peppers !!!!! (and only God and your girlfriend know what other heressies are those orange things there)

Well, this is what happens when you post some rice dishes in a european nationalist forum... and the founder happens to be valencian. I should have known better

The first one is an arros al forn, that's right. It's cooked in a paella because it's for the whole family (about ten people that time, if I'm not wrong), and the oven is not that big

My girlfriend and I are not meat lovers, that's reason behind the second dish I posted. I'll admit it was some kind of experiment.

[Thief of always]

Originally Posted by Susi

I can still cook the best risotto out of ALL of you. :p

I can cook pelmens better than any of you.

[Martín Zalacaín]

Originally Posted by Galaico

I liked my mother's paella (until I became rice allergic), and everyone at home does, but I won't post a picture, I don't want Mynydd to ruin it.

My girlfriend warned me that I'd undergo harsh criticism from true experts, because these are not traditionally cooked dishes. I knew about the risks...

[Laocoon]

Don't be so picky, it's only rice afterall.

Originally Posted by Mynydd

Arrós à banda ("rice on the side", because with the remaining fish broth you boil some potato and fish pieces, which you then cover with all i oli (garlic and oil sauce) and pimentón dulce [sweet paprika]). The rice goes on a paella, with small peeled shrimps and cuts of squid.. not shown in the picture. What shows in the picture is the potatoes with a piece of swordfish, a pice of tunna, a piece of monkfish and a piece of spider fish.

Aïoli, a similar dish exists in Provence (code with various vegetables and aïoli). It is typical for this area.