Fabulous paella pan and recipe too!
This is my second paella pan from La Paella. The first one I bought for a dinner party. It is quite large - 24 inches in diameter and occupies all four burners on my stove. But what a hit it was! Now we serve paella fairly often for company. It's a great dish if your kitchen is open to the entertaining area because the making of the paella is part of the fun, and your guests will appreciate the dinner that much more. The paella was delicious, and the La Paella recipe that came with the pan was quite easy to follow (we made the seafood one). My large pan is a carbon steel pan, which works great - just make sure you dry it well after washing so it doesn't rust. La Paella Carbon Steel Paella Pan, 24-Inch My new smaller pan (16") is enameled steel, which I like because there's no extra maintenance after washing and no risk of rusting. It's perfect for our family of four...
A paella pan helps make the paella
I ordered this pan to try some paella recipes from allrecipes.com. I had doubts when the big box arrived but I followed the recipe and the instructions in the enclosed booklet and made a visually beautiful and wonderfully tasty dish. I, like another reviewer, made the seafood recipe. I had scallops, shrimp, clams and mussels ready (I haven't conquered squid yet). I used medium grain rice as booklet advised in its detailed instructions that included the tip that long grain rice does not absorb the flavors as well. The pan took up two burners on my electrical range but worked so well distributing the heat across the dish that I do not regret the addition of this pan to my crowded kitchen. The pan is attractive enough to hang on the wall.
Paella is a new favorite and easy choice to fix, especially when we entertain. The pan make the meal a conversation piece.
Great cooking addition for creative cooks!
We are delighted with our paella pan. We hosted several other couples to a memorable dinner and the paella we put together in our paella pan was a wonderful surprise to several of them. It brought back memories of the past for some and for those to whom this was a new experience, it introduced them to one of the delights of another culture. The presentation of the colorful, aromatic paella was greatly enhanced by the pan.
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