Paella

We have included the Spanish dish paella in this section because its basic ingredient is rice although it also contains as large a variety of poultry, shellfish, sausages, and vegetables as are available. Butter is expensive in Spain so that most of the cooking is done in oil, but, ideally, some of the ingredients of a paella should be cooked in butter.

As can be seen from the list of ingredients, a paella is a dish which is made in a large quantity and for this reason we have not given detailed proportions for it. The result should be a mound of yellow rice with many differing morsels well and freely dispersed in it.