Spanish rice technique (paella and sofrito)
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Paella is a technique, not a recipe — a method of cooking short-grain rice in a wide, shallow pan where the rice absorbs a flavoured stock and develops a crispy caramelised bottom layer called socarrat. The socarrat is not burnt rice — it's the prized, intentional crust that forms when the rice closest to the pan caramelises in the last minutes of high heat. Understanding socarrat as the goal, not an accident, is the key to understanding Valencian rice cookery.
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