Name: Moors and Christians
Yield: Serves six
Cuisine: Spanish
Ingredients: 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 1 carrot, sliced; salt and cayenne pepper; 1 bay leaf; 1 onion, quartered; 1 celery stick, sliced; chopped fresh parsley; thin wedges of orange; juice of 1 orange; sliced red onion; 5 ml/1 tsp paprika; 300 g/11 oz/1½ cups long grain rice; 45 ml/3 tbsp olive oil; 400 g/14 oz/2 cups black beans, soaked overnight

Preparation info

Serves
six

Difficulty
Easy

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Recipes from My Spanish Grandmother

By Pepita Aris

Published 2013

About

This traditional dish is made every year at the Moros y Cristianos festival in Valencia, which commemorates an ancient victory of the Christians over the moors. This is an elegant modern version of the recipe.

Ingredients

400 g/14 oz/2 cups black beans, soaked overnight
1

Europe
Spain
Valencia
Main course
Gluten-free
Vegan
Mediterranean

Method

Put the beans in a large pan with the onion, carrot, celery, garlic and bay leaf and 1.75 litres/3 pints/7½ cups water. Bring to the boil and cook rapidly for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat and simmer for 1 hour, topping up the water if necessary. When the beans are almost ten

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