The cultivation and consumption of pulses in the Mediterranean, as with cereals, take us back to the origins of farming. Because of their great nutritional value, high protein content - far greater than that of other plant products - their accessibility and excellent keeping qualities, they have generally been considered the poor man's meat.
The essential role played by pulses in the Mediterranean diet's peoples, to whom we are the gastronomic heirs, has left a deep mark on Spanish cuisine, where an enormous variety of soups and stews containing pulses are to be found in every corner of the country. The most popular are chickpeas, lentils and beans.
Paella is something of an icon for Spain, and is probably one of the most widely-imitated of Spanish dishes. The name comes from the characteristic pan in which it is cooked, with a large diameter and low sides. Today paella pans can be bought in Tokyo, Sydney, New York or any of the world's great capitals. But rice is used in a multitude of ways in Spain, not only in a paella pan.
Traditional rice dishes are made in the typical pucheros, or stewpots - the ones with high, round-sided walls normally used to make bean stews, and in cazuelas, or earthenware casseroles.
The essential role played by pulses in the Mediterranean diet's peoples, to whom we are the gastronomic heirs, has left a deep mark on Spanish cuisine, where an enormous variety of soups and stews containing pulses are to be found in every corner of the country. The most popular are chickpeas, lentils and beans.
Paella is something of an icon for Spain, and is probably one of the most widely-imitated of Spanish dishes. The name comes from the characteristic pan in which it is cooked, with a large diameter and low sides. Today paella pans can be bought in Tokyo, Sydney, New York or any of the world's great capitals. But rice is used in a multitude of ways in Spain, not only in a paella pan.
Traditional rice dishes are made in the typical pucheros, or stewpots - the ones with high, round-sided walls normally used to make bean stews, and in cazuelas, or earthenware casseroles.
Organic Extra Long Brown Rice Ibereco 1 KgLong whole rice from organic farming produced by IBERECO, Spanish company dedicated to the production and marketing of organic food. This rice enjoys great popularity because, after cooking, the whole grains remain fluffy and separate. Because of these properties, long grain brown rice is especially suitable in stuffings, pilafs, salads, casseroles, and stir-fry dishes. Cooking time: 30 minutes.
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Organic Long Vaporised Rice Ibereco 1 kgLong vaporised rice from organic farming produced by IBERECO, Spanish company dedicated to the production and marketing of organic food. The vaporised rice is long grain and subjected to a treatment that never happens. Properties: a firm and golden rice, which retains its vitamins and is rich in minerals and fiber. Cooking time: 18-20 minutes.
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QUERIDA CARMEN Organic Vegetable PaellaQuerida Carmen, pre-cooked traditional foods from Spain, suggests its all-natural ingredients and clean, distinct flavors through the uncontrived look of its packaging. Barcelona-based design agency, Grafica, developed the name, identity and packaging for the brand. In addition to its appealing graphics, the packaging cleverly keeps the “wet” ingredients separate from the dry ones by placing a metal can within a cardboard carton. Everything is pre-measured, pre-chopped and pre-cooked, and all the home cook has to do is bring the ingredients in the can to a boil and then add the rice or noodles a few minutes before serving. Dinner is served.
Tip: This is the most versatile dish among all Querida Carmen products. So, you can add other ingredients to the recipe, such as cheese, chorizo, pork or chicken meat, small cuttlefishes (“chipirones”)… Develop your imagination! 100% natural, no preservatives, artificial colors or flavor enhancers. Shipping weight 1.5 Kg Shipping Costs Excluded ▶ |
QUERIDA CARMEN Mushroom RisottoRisotto is a wonderful universal dish. They say it originated in Milan in 1574 thanks to the love of an artist who created the stained-glass windows of the Duomo. This could be true seeing as it is a work of art. Italians say it should be mantecato (creamy), legato (the grains of rice separate but joined by the cream) and all’onda (smoothly spread over the plate). There is chicken, garden produce, lightly fried vegetables, butter and almonds in its stock. When the rice absorbs the flavour of the wild mushrooms, and by adding cheese and saffron, it turns a golden brown and smells like the countryside to the east of Piamonte and to the west of Lombardía passing through la mamma’s casserole. 100% natural, no preservatives, artificial colors or flavor enhancers.
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QUERIDA CARMEN Risotto + Noodle PackTwo of the most wanted dishes of Mediterranean in this wonderful pack. 100% natural, no preservatives, artificial colors or flavor enhancers. 3.6 Kg
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Organic Extra Castilian Lentils Vegas Bañezanas 1 KgExtra Castilian Lentils from organic farming.. This are the largest, starting out a light green color but gradually fading and turning darker.
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Extra Armuña Lentils Montes 1 KgExtremely smooth and delicate to touch. Once cooked, they are characterized by the fact that they remain intact; the fineness of their skin that melts in the mouth and combines with the interior; the evenness of their texture and their buttery consistency on the palate. Lenteja de La Armuña PGI
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Extra Pardina Lentils Vegas Bañezanas 1 KgThese lentils have a smooth skin, and both skin and albumen are slightly soft. The albumen is moderately creamy, not very grainy or floury. Only slightly astringent. Lenteja Pardina de Tierra de Campos PGI |
Organic Cooked Chickpeas Paño Naturae 660 gCooked Chickpeas from organic farming from the Spanish company Paño Naturae.
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Extra Fuentesauco Chickpeas Montes 1KgAfter cooking the chickpeas remain whole, their skin is soft and smooth and the albumen very buttery and uniform, with a pleasant taste on the palate. Garbanzo de Fuentesauco PGI
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Extra Pedrosillano Chickpeas La Buena Olla 1 KgThe smallest and smoothest chickpea. With a round shape and a small tip and grown in Castile-León.
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Pinta Beans Vegas Bañezanas 1 KgThin-skinned and easy-boiled, pinto bean’s main characteristic is its high iron content, higher than in most of legumes. When cooked the bean retains its shape reasonably well, with a smooth and very soft skin, the inside is soft, buttery, very smooth and quite floury. Preparation tips: Wash them with cold water and put it to soak from 8 to 12 hours (night before you are going to cook them). Put them together with the ingredients for its seasoning (leek, carrots, garlic, peppers, onions and cold cuts or meat: bacon, sausage, ribs…) and boil them. Cooking must be slow and continuous, avoiding the lack of water, for approximately 2 hours in a casserole. When using a pressure cooker it takes 15 minutes. Legumes are a complete food as they provide protein, fiber, minerals and vitamins and they are low in fat. It is recommended to consume them twice or three times a week. Due to hygienic and quality reasons, they come in a vacuum pack, as is the perfect way to preserve food as it keeps its properties intact, it protects its smell and flavor and it avoids the product absorbing the atmosphere humidity or smells. Alubia de La Bañeza-León PGI
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Asturian Fabe Beans with cured meats for Fabada Asturiana Xuacón 1 Kg
Whole grain with a fine, soft outer skin, a creamy albumen and a buttery consistency on the palate, only very slightly or not at all grainy or floury. Creamy white in color, kidney-shaped, long and flat. Large in size. It is delicious with meat, fish or seafood. Preparation tips: Fabada Asturiana Recipe. Ingredients: 500 gr white Asturian beans, salted pork fat, 1/2 onion, 2 chorizos, 1 black sausages, saffron threads, extra virgin olive oil and salt. Soak the beans in water overnight. Separately, place the salted pork fat in warm water and leave to soak for 8 hours. Place the beans in a large pan, cover with water and add more water to a depth of an extra two inches. Over a high heat, bring to the boil with the pan uncovered, and skim. Add the pork then simmer for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Season and add the washed black sausage and chorizo. Cook for a further 15 minutes. Taste the beans to make sure they are soft, add a few threads of saffron and leave the pan to stand for about half an hour. Cut the chorizo, black sausage and pork into pieces before serving. Serve the beans with the cooking stock in individual dishes, with the meat products on a platter at the center of the table, from which diners can serve themselves. Faba Asturiana PGI
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QUERIDA CARMEN Seafood Paella 1 KgIt couldn't be easier. 100% natural ingredients, no preservatives, artificial colors or flavor enhancers. Beautifully organized packaging and design for a line of traditional Spanish dishes. Ready made squid and seafood paella mix for 2-3 portions.
Paella is one of the few dishes in the world that is named after the recipient it is cooked in. It originally came from Valencia and is an incredibly famous dish, well-deserved due to the many ingredients used to make it. It is served in restaurants all over the world, but none of them as good as this, an exquisite and very elaborate combination of fish, shellfish and rice soaked in the most succulent sea food. The rest simply depends on your guests, because paella must be savoured with people you love, who know how to appreciate what it means to share this delicious gift from life itself. Ingredients: Stock (water, monkfish, tomato, crab, leek, carrot, celery, cabbage), onion, squid, fried tomato sauce, sausage, red pepper, peas, olive oil, garlic, salt, parsley, sugar, almond and bomba rice. 100% natural products with no preservatives or artificial colours. Low in salt. We recommend using paella pans from 28 to 30 cm. Allergy information: contains crustaceans, molluscs, fish, celery and almonds. Preparation tips: Pour the contents of the can into a saucepan. Heat until it begins to boil. Add the rice, keep a soft boiling for 20 minutes, stirring from time to time depending on your taste. Let it stand for 5 minutes.100% natural, no preservatives, artificial colors or flavor enhancers.
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QUERIDA CARMEN Black Rice 1 KgIt couldn't be easier. 100% natural ingredients, no preservatives, artificial colors or flavor enhancers. Beautifully organized packaging and design for a line of traditional Spanish dishes. Ready made black rice and squid mix for 2-3 portions. Originating in the Mediterranean, black rice is a very popular dish and its exact origin is disputed by the fishermen of Castellón, Alicante, Tarragona and the Costa Brava. It is dry rice cooked with the meat and ink of squid or cuttlefish. Both these cephalopods are tender, succulent and slippery and the ink they spray out to hide from their attackers gives the rice such a dark and somewhat mysterious tone, even though other fisherman say that its colour comes from patiently browning the onion. There are rock fish in its stock and the secret of this recipe lies in its lightly fried vegetables and chopped ingredients. Served with alioli (garlic mayonnaise) and white wine, it lights up the table and the guests.
Ingredients: Stock (water, monkfish, tomato, crab, leek, carrots, celery and cabbage), bomba rice, squid (6%), onion, fried tomato sauce, olive oil, green pepper, squid ink, garlic, salt, sugar and parsley. 100% natural products with no preservatives or artificial colours. Low in salt. We recommend using paella pans from 28 to 30 cm. Allergy information: contains crustaceans, molluscs, fish and celery. Preparation tips: Pour the contents of the can into a saucepan. Heat until it begins to boil. Add the rice, keep a soft boiling for 20 minutes, stirring from time to time depending on your taste. Let it stand for 5 minutes. 100% natural, no preservatives, artificial colors or flavor enhancers. Shipping weight 1.5 Kg Shipping Costs Excluded ▶ |
QUERIDA CARMEN Noodle Paella 1 KgIt couldn't be easier. 100% natural ingredients, no preservatives, artificial colors or flavor enhancers. Beautifully organized packaging and design for a line of traditional Spanish dishes. Ready made Fideuá mix for 2-3 portions. They say that Fideuá originated in the coastal region of Safor in Valencia. Alike so many other dishes, the fishermen created it in their boats and cooked it in casseroles. They cooked the stock for the noodles in the casseroles and then added garden produce, lightly fried vegetables and a little white wine. The secret to this excellent recipe is to garnish the dish with king prawns, a detail that gives it an elegant touch. With alioli (garlic mayonnaise), as desired, and well-accompanied with a good wine, this makes one want to return to the beaches of Alicante, Castellón, Murcia and Valencia as soon as possible. Ingredients: Stock (water, monkfish, tomato, crab, leek, carrots, celery and cabbage), oven-toasted noodles, onion, fried tomato sauce, cuttlefish, squid (4.7%), green pepper, olive oil, garlic, salt, sugar and parsley. 100% natural products with no preservatives or artificial colours. Low in salt. We recommend using paella pans from 28 to 30 cm. Allergy information: contains crustaceans, molluscs, fish, celery and gluten. Preparation tips: Pour the contents of the can into a saucepan. Heat until it begins to boil. Add the noodles, keep a strong boiling for 10-12 minutes, stirring from time to time depending on your taste. Let it stand for 2-3 minutes. 100% natural, no preservatives, artificial colors or flavor enhancers.Shipping weight 1.5 Kg
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Small Kidney Beans Vegas Bañezanas 1 KgIts skin softness and thinness make the navy bean very pleasing to the palate. It suits perfectly to any kind of stew, leaving a thick stock. When cooked the bean retains its shape fairly well, with a very smooth and fairly firm skin, inside it is soft, quite buttery, very smooth and quite floury. Preparation tips; Wash them with cold water and put it to soak from 8 to 12 hours (night before you are going to cook them). Put them together with the ingredients for its seasoning (leek, carrots, garlic, peppers, onions and cold cuts or meat: bacon, sausage, ribs…) and boil them. Cooking must be slow and continuous, avoiding the lack of water, for approximately 2 hours in a casserole. When using a pressure cooker, it takes 15 minutes. Legumes are a complete food as they provide protein, fiber, minerals and vitamins and they are low in fat. It is recommended to consume them twice or three times a week.
Due to hygienic and quality reasons, they come in a vacuum pack, as is the perfect way to preserve food as it keeps its properties intact, it protects its smell and flavor and it avoids the product absorbing the atmosphere humidity or smells.
Alubia de La Bañeza-León PGI
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Calasparra Rice Virgen de la Esperanza 1 KgThis rice stands out, from the culinary point of view, for its flavor and hardness as well as its absorbency of flavors during cooking and the fact that the grains do not stick together. Shipping weight 1.1 Kg |
Calasparra Bomba Rice Virgen de la Esperanza 1 KgThe general characteristic of the Bomba variety include the roundness of the grain and its hardness which requires longer cooking, resulting in a large increase in length and high absorbency.
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Valencia Rice Special for Paella La Fallera 1 KgGuarantees a creamy texture in the cooked grain, and complete absorption of flavours. Gives grains that do not stick together after cooking, with a good consistency and complete absorption of flavours.
Arroz de Valencia PDO
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