Oven-Cooked Rice

Valencianos consider this dish a jewel of their traditional home cooking and it occupies a specific place in a weekly household menu, making use of the rich leftovers from the weekend’s meat stew or cocido, to which chunks of chorizo, cooked dried beans, and sundry fresh vegetables and seasonings can be added. But the essential, and typical ingredient, is the rice, which must be round-grain pudding or Carolina rice, absorbent enough to soak up all the juices and flavours during the o