Gastronomy

III Concurso La Cassola de San Blai: VÍ Vid Reports from Torrent.

Also known as Rossejat Torrentí, this arroz al horno is specific to Torrent on the outskirts of Valencia City . It is marked by its main difference to the other arroces of this type by the inclusion of two pelotas, one a meatball and the other a sweet dumpling with marzipan. Twenty-Four restaurants from the local area, Valencian Community and Spain generally took part in this third running of the competion. It is a competiton of some standing and attracts a top []

Launching the IV edition of Valencia Culinary Festival 2020. VÍ Vid reports from Saiti.

Valencia is undoubtedly a city of great culinary and gastronomic experiences. Its healthy gastronomy based on local, fresh ingredients and the mediterranean diet give it a great advantage, it enjoys numerous local gastronomy fairs from Ontinyent, Requena and Utiel in the interior to its Mostra in the dry river bed, the gastronomy ‘concursos’ based on seafood, game and other local produce such as Cullera, Sueca and La Valldigna and many others which we have reported on over the years, Gastrónoma which will []

Saffron, The Healthy Flavour Enhancer in Paella; VÍ Vid Reports From the Marina Beach Club.

  Monday, 17 June we were invited to a masterclass organised by Wikipaella, DO Azafran La Mancha, Paco Alonso and with Raul Cob (Chef at Cap I Casal) and Juan  Carlos Galbis, at the Marina Beach Club, who were to cook a traditional Valencian Paella. This was not a random `jolly´, but rather a serious event at which the message was put across about correctly selecting ingredients for the emblematic dish of the region and how by returning to their correct use []