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Fideuà

Seafood dish from Valencia, Spain

Field	Value
name	Fideuà
image	Fideua - xurde.jpg
image_size	250px
country	Spain
region	Valencia
course	Pasta
main_ingredient	Long pasta, white-fleshed fish, crustaceans

Fideuà (dialectal pronunciation of the Valencian word fideuada "large amount of noodles" from Hisp. Ar. fidáwš) is a seafood dish originally from the coast of Valencia that is similar to paella, and even more so to arròs a banda, but with pasta noodles instead of rice. Its main ingredients are pasta noodles (often hollow), fish (rockfish, monkfish, cuttlefish, squid), and shellfish (Squilla mantis, shrimp, crayfish). It is seasoned mainly with lemon.

History

The invention of fideuà is attributed to a picturesque story. Gabriel Rodríguez Pastor, (Gabrielo from a kiosk in the port district of Grau in Gandia), worked as a cook on a boat and Juan Bautista Pascual (Zábalo), was the youngest man on the boat and his assistant. According to Gabriel's family, the boat captain loved rice and the rest of sailors almost never received their full portion of arròs a banda, the dish that the cook usually prepared. Trying to find a solution for the problem, the cook had the idea of using noodles instead of rice to see if the result was a little less appetizing for the captain.

The invention was liked, and fame of the dish spread to harbor restaurants such as the "Pastaora House", where they cooked the first "fideuades". The dish became distinctive and essential in the area.

Characteristics

Just like paella, it is cooked in a special wide and flat frying pan, called paella (the word for "frying pan" in Catalan language), although there are other traditional variants made in a casserole.

The pasta is sautéed in stock, rather than boiled.

Gandia is the birthplace of fideuà, and in this city of La Safor region, there is an annual competition where the best cooks try to prepare the best fideuà.

References

:es:Fideuà
Differences between Fideua and paella

References

"Fideo | Diccionario de la lengua española".

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