page_title: Valencian cuisine
section_title: Main dishes
hierarchical_section_title: Valencian cuisine / Main dishes
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Selbstgemachte Allioli nach katalanischem Rezept aus Knoblauch, Salz, Eigelb und Olivenöl. English: Selfmade Allioli/Aioli after a Catalan recipe, consisting of garlic, salt, egg, and olive oil. Русский: Айоли по каталонскому рецепту: чеснок, соль, желток и оливковое масло
context_page_description: Valencian cuisine is a Mediterranean cuisine as cooked in the Valencian Community, Spain. Its basic ingredients are vegetables, seafood and meat. It is famous worldwide for its rices, such as paella, and its citrus fruits. The cuisine of neighbouring regions have given and received important contributions from Valencian gastronomy, amongst them Balearic cuisine, Catalan cuisine, Aragonese cuisine, Manchego cuisine and Murcian cuisine.
context_section_description: Paella. The most famous Valencian dish is one of the most recent. Although many towns claim to be the birthplace of paella, it is usually considered native to Albufera and Ribera, just south of Valencia. It can be found in two main varieties, with chicken and rabbit or with seafood. Nowadays paella can be found around the world and especially throughout Spain and Latin America. The name comes from the large pan ('paella' in Valencian) where it is cooked.
  Arròs negre. Rice with squid and squid ink cooked in a paella.
  Arròs amb conill i caragols. Rice dish with rabbit and snails, amongst other ingredients cooked in a paella. It is typical of the south of Valencia and especially in the Vinalopo districts.
  Arròs al forn. A rice dish baked in the oven and usually containing sausages, chickpeas and potato amongst other ingredients, usually made with the surplus of the local typical stew.
  Fideuà. A dish based on noodles and seafood, typical of the Valencian coast and originally from Gandia.
  Arròs amb costra A kind of arròs al forn but covered with an egg which provides the "crust" in the name. It is typical of most of the south of Valencia and especially of Elche.
  Gazpacho. A famous Spanish dish typical throughout south and central Spain. In the Valencia region it is typical of the southern and inland areas and is the quintessential summer dish.
  Arròs a banda. A humble preparation typical of the Valencian coast with rice, fish, and garlic.
  Embotits. Cured sausages.
  Sobrassada a typically Majorcan meat-product which is produced in the Marina.
  Bollit. Vegetable stew.
  Suquet de peix. An eel, potato, garlic and fish stew, similar to Bouillabaisse.
  All i pebre. a signature dish for the area around Valencia city and immediately to the south, containing peppers, garlic and potatoes with eels.
  Esgarrat or Pericana in the mountains of Alcoi. It is a mixture of roasted peppers and strips of salted cod. The pericana also adds garlic.
  Espencat. Roasted vegetables, typically peppers and aubergine but other vegetables can be added.
  Coques. Ancient local salty pastries with a common origin with Italian Pizza.
caption: Allioli sauce
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