Paellero Carmencita – Paella seasoning with saffron (20 g, 5 sachets) | Carmencita
House : Carmencita — Novelda (Alicante) · since 1923
The original Paellero, a registered trademark of Carmencita: the saffron spice blend that gives paella its colour and flavour, 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: 20 g pack (5 sachets of 4 g)
- Yield: 1 sachet for 6 servings (600 g of rice), 30 servings in total
- Ingredients: garlic, salt (25%), paprika, maize flour, colour E102, pepper, clove and saffron (2.5%)
- E102: may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.
- May contain traces of soya and peanut
- Gluten free
How to use it
- Before adding the rice, pour the contents of one sachet into the pan for every 6 servings (600 g of rice).
- Add no other spices: just adjust the salt.
- Works for any paella or rice dish: vegetable, seafood, chicken.
Why we chose it: Paellero is the flagship product of Carmencita, a family firm in Novelda (Alicante) whose historic speciality is saffron. The blend brings together garlic, paprika, pepper, clove and saffron: one sachet for six servings, and you only adjust the salt. For every kind of rice dish.
At a glance
- Who it's for
- For anyone who wants their paella, whether vegetable, seafood or chicken, to turn out with colour and flavour without thinking about spices: one sachet, and only the salt needs adjusting.
- Ideal for
- Paella · Rice dishes
- May contain
- Soy, 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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