Paella

No wonder the Spanish are so proud when they have dishes like this! In the UK, it is all too easy to find paella with bizarrely yellow, porridge-like or dried-out rice, sporting a couple of wretched prawns with a withered mussel or two. To be fair, Spanish tourist traps can produce something equally miserable.

But when good, paella is fabulous and is uncomplicated to make, although it does require concentration and timing. When it’s cooked over a barbecue, the extra ingredient of wo