{"id":15274,"date":"2020-09-08T00:32:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T22:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devourbarcelonafoodtours.com\/?p=2609"},"modified":"2022-02-25T19:05:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T19:05:36","slug":"mama-carmens-fideua-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dev.devourtours.com\/blog\/mama-carmens-fideua-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Mama Carmen’s Fideu\u00e0 Recipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

This blog post was originally posted on March 9, 2016, and was updated on September 8, 2020. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Everyone’s heard of paella\u2014but what about its noodle-based cousin, fideu\u00e0? Try making it yourself with this fideu\u00e0 <\/em>recipe.<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

This recipe comes from one of our favorite people in Barcelona: Mama Carmen, whose small seaside restaurant Cal Papi was a local institution for decades. Though Cal Papi sadly closed down when Carmen retired in 2019, her famous fideu\u00e0 <\/em>recipe lives on!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Fideu\u00e0 vs. paella<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The important difference between fideu\u00e0<\/em> and paella<\/a> is the main ingredient. In paella, this is, of course, rice. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

On the other hand, fideu\u00e0<\/em> gets its name from the word fideos.<\/em> This is the small, vermicelli-type noodle that replaces the rice in fideu\u00e0<\/em>. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Unlike paella, there are no chicken and rabbit-based, or vegetarian fideu\u00e0s<\/em>; they all revolve around seafood. Add a healthy dollop of garlic alioli<\/em> (another addition never found in paella) and fideu\u00e0<\/em> is perfection on a plate. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\"Alioli
Alioli makes fideu\u00e0<\/em> even better. <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

But the two dishes have a lot in common, the first being that both paella and fideu\u00e0<\/em> are typically eaten at lunch. They’re both heavy and hearty dishes that fill you up, and since lunch is the biggest meal of the day here in Spain, you’ll have plenty of time to digest it and get energized for the rest of your day. Eating paella or fideu\u00e0<\/em> for dinner is basically unheard of. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The fascinating history of fideu\u00e0<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Legend says that the very first fideu\u00e0 <\/em>was actually supposed to be a seafood paella! As the story goes, the dish was born in the early 20th century<\/a> on board one of the fishing vessels that sailed out from Gandia, in Valencia, every morning. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The cook on board this particular ship went to prepare a seafood paella for the crew for lunch. Only after starting the sofrito<\/em> did he realize, to his horror, that there was no rice on board the boat! Thinking quickly, he continued making the recipe to avoid wasting what he’d already made, and simply replaced the rice with small noodles (fideos<\/em>). <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

A similar version of the story alludes to a greedy captain who wanted the cook’s delicious paella all for himself, so the cook had no other option but to whip up something else for the crew, and thus used the noodles instead of rice in a similar dish. Whichever version of the story you believe, they both end with delicious results, and fideu\u00e0<\/em> has been a staple of Valencian and Catalan cuisine<\/a> ever since.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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We love paella’s tasty noodle-based counterpart!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Fideu\u00e0 today<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Nowadays, fideu\u00e0<\/em> is one of the classics of Catalan cuisine. You’ll find it at plenty of traditional restaurants in Barcelona, but it’s at its best in the seaside Barceloneta neighborhood<\/a>. This traditional fishing barrio<\/em> has changed a bit over the years, but still retains much of its classic essence, especially in the food\u2014much of which is prepared with seafood caught the same day just a few blocks away. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Maybe you can’t make it to Barcelona right now. Or maybe you’ve already come, and can’t stop thinking about the rich, savory flavors of that fideu\u00e0.<\/em> We understand your struggle, so we asked our friend Carmen for her fideu\u00e0<\/em> recipe. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

One of the most important ingredients, Carmen insists, is something you can’t buy at any market\u2014lots of love.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Mama Carmen’s fideu\u00e0 recipe<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\"Chef
Carmen with her famous fideu\u00e0<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Prep time:<\/strong> 30 minutes
Cook time:<\/strong> 1 hour 30 minutes
Total time:<\/strong> 2 hours
Serves:<\/strong> 4<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
  • 1 large red pepper, chopped<\/li>
  • 1 green pepper, chopped<\/li>
  • 1 medium onion, chopped<\/li>
  • 3 tomatoes, pureed<\/li>
  • 14 oz (400 grams) fideos<\/em> or short vermicelli noodles<\/li>
  • 8 oz (250 grams) cuttlefish, cleaned and chopped<\/li>
  • 8 oz (250 grams) raw shrimp, peeled and deveined<\/li>
  • 3 cups hot fish stock<\/li><\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

    Instructions<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
    1. Heat extra-virgin olive oil over medium heat in a paella pan or another large, shallow pan.<\/li>
    2. Add the onions and peppers and simmer for at least 30 minutes (no more than 1 hour), until tender and translucent. <\/li>
    3. In a separate pan, lightly toast the noodles until golden brown.<\/li>
    4. Add the cuttlefish and shrimp to the simmering vegetables. Add the noodles.<\/li>
    5. Heat up the fish stock and add it to the pan, making sure all ingredients are just covered with liquid, and turn the heat up to high.<\/li>
    6. Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and cook on medium-low until all the liquid has been absorbed. <\/li>
    7. Serve with alioli<\/em> and enjoy!<\/li><\/ol>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      This blog post was originally posted on March 9, 2016, and was updated on September 8, 2020. Everyone’s heard of paella\u2014but what about its noodle-based cousin, fideu\u00e0? Try making it yourself with this fideu\u00e0 recipe. This recipe comes from one of our favorite people in Barcelona: Mama Carmen, whose small seaside restaurant Cal Papi was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":6758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[2097],"tags":[364,621,360,345,103],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDevour Tours<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/dev.devourtours.com\/blog\/mama-carmens-fideua-recipe\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Spanish Classics at Home: A Simple & Delicious Fideu\u00e0 Recipe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Love paella? 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