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Origin
Gandia, Valencia
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Description
Fideuà is paella made with short, toasted noodles (fideus) instead of rice — a technique born in Gandia, Valencia, in the early 20th century when a cook allegedly ran out of rice. The noodles absorb the seafood stock as rice would, but because of their toasted exterior they resist sogginess longer and develop a different texture at the socarrat stage — crisp, almost brittle where they contact the pan. The dish is cooked in a paella pan over open flame using identical technique to paella valenciana: the sofrito base, the stock addition, and the crucial resting phase. The socarrat — the caramelised crust — is equally valued in fideuà as in paella.
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