Gandia Fideua Recipe

The fideuá de Gandía is a dish native to this Valencian town. It is said that he was created on a boat called Santa Isabel, and that his patron de él was so fond of eating rice that he did not leave it for the rest of the crew. Thus, the cook decided to replace the rice with noodles, to see if the skipper would not eat so much and leave it for the rest of the sailors. Finally, the dish was so popular that it soon spread to the local restaurants, making it an essential dish of Valencian gastronomy., we want to tell you how to make fideuá de Gandía, the authentic recipe with its original ingredients, simple and easy to make. Enjoy it at home with the whole family and discover its incredible variety of flavors.

Ingredients to make Fideuá de Gandia:

• 400 grams of monkfish
• 1 small onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 4 scampi
• 4 prawns
• 150 grams of crushed tomato
• 400 grams of number 4 noodles
• 1500 milliliters of fish brother
• 2 dessert spoons of sweet paprika
• 1 pinch of salt
• 4 tablespoons olive oil

How to make Fideuá de Gandia:

1. First prepare the ingredients for the Gandia fideuá.
2. Cut the monkfish into thick pieces. Peel the onion and the garlic cloves, cut them into small cubes. Booking.
3. Put the oil in the paella and, when it is hot, fry the scampi and the prawns.
4. Sauté the seafood for a very short time to leave it half done.
5. Thus, it will finish cooking at the end of the preparation of the fideuá and it will be juicy.
6. Put the fish brother to heat over a low heat, it is always better to use it hot.
7. Remove the shellfish and, in the same oil, fry the onion, turning it so that it does not burn and is done evenly.
8. Add the minced garlicand give it a few turns in the paella so that it mixes well with the onion.
9. Incorporate the monkfish piecesand give it a few turns so that the flavors permeate.
10. Tip:You can also use cuttlefish, but using monkfish is the most traditional way of making the typical fideuá from Gandía.
11. Add the crushed tomatoand also give it a few turns to mix the whole set of seafood fideuá
12. Add the paprikaand give it a quick spin through the Valencian fideuá so it doesn’t burn.
13. Incorporate the noodlesand give it a few turns so that they are impregnated with the flavors.
14. Add the fish broth, preferably hot, and raise the heat. Mix well with a spoon so that the noodles loosen up and do not clump together. Let cook for 8 minutes.
15. Tip:It is important that you use a good quality fish broth, preferably homemade, it is the one that will give the entire flavor to this original fideuá recipe.
16. After 8 minutes, lower the heat and place the seafood that we had lightly fried on top. Taste the broth and add salt if necessary.
17. Let cook between 7 and 8 more minutes. There must still be a little brother left in the fideuá grandiose, not in excess, but just enough for it to absorb when we let it rest.
18. Turn off the heat and let it rest for about five minutes, you will see how the liquid that still remains will decrease, but the noodle will remain sweet.