Paellero Valenciana – Valencian paella seasoning (12 g, 3 sachets) | Carmencita
House : Carmencita — Novelda (Alicante) · since 1923
Carmencita's spice blend for Valencian paella: garlic, sweet paprika, rosemary, thyme and saffron, in measured sachets.
Origin
Carmencita is a Spanish house founded in 1923 in Novelda (Alicante) by Jesús Navarro Jover and Carmen Valero. It was the first Spanish company to pack spices in glass jars.
Details
- Format: 12 g pack (3 sachets of 4 g)
- Ingredients: dried garlic, salt, sweet paprika, black pepper, rosemary, thyme, clove, colour (curcumin) and saffron
- May contain traces of celery and peanut.
- Gluten free
Tips
- First make the stock with the chicken, green beans, tomato and water, then add the contents of one sachet together with the rice.
- Cook for 10 minutes over medium-high heat, then about 8 more over medium-low heat, until the rice has absorbed the liquid.
- Season with salt to taste.
Why we chose it: Made for Valencian paella with chicken and green beans: rosemary and thyme join saffron, garlic and sweet paprika, and the colour comes from curcumin. One 4 g sachet per paella, from Carmencita, a family firm in Novelda (Alicante).
At a glance
- Who it's for
- For anyone who makes Valencian paella with chicken and green beans and wants the rosemary, thyme and saffron just right, sachet by sachet.
- Ideal for
- Paella
- May contain
- Celery, Peanuts
Carmencita
The saffron of Novelda, since 1923.
Carmencita was born in Novelda (Alicante) in 1923, founded by Jesús Navarro Jover and his wife Carmen Valero. In early-20th-century Novelda, spices were traded — above all saffron, which arrived from La Mancha to be exported to Asia and Africa.
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