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As well as reed making Javier Defez-Requena is highly skilled as a Paella
cook! Below is his family recipe for Paella - until now this was a well kept
secret but is available to all readers of this book!
The recipe is in Javier's own words and has a charming Spanish flavour.

Please feel free to photocopy this recipe with the authors compliments.

PAELLA

Paella is a typical dish from Valencia, although you can find it in other regions of Spain.
To cook paella you need:
� Rice
� Olive oil
� Some tomatoes
� A little garlic
� Green beans
� Fish or chicken.
� Fish: Clams, shell fish, shrimp, calmare, etc.....
� Chicken and a little rabbit.
� Water, of course
� Saffron
� Paprika
� Peppers
Take a frying-pan called a paella and heat some oil. Cut the meat into little pieces .
Take one or two tomatoes and cut it into very little pieces, too.
In the paella fry the meat,( or seafood) the green beans, the tomatoes and a little garlic;
all this with a little salt. When this is half fried, add a little paprika,
( "pimenton" in Spain) but don t wait too long, because the paprika fries quickly.
Add water and leave to boil, of course with some salt.



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