Chef Isabel

Chef Isabel

Fideuà & Fideos

Updated July 6, 2026

Spain's noodles cooked like rice: Gandía's dry fideuà, Tarragona's toasted rossejat, Catalan cazuela fideos, and the fideo guisos of Murcia, Almería and Mallorca.

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Fideuà Negra Valenciana - Chef Isabel

Chef Isabel

Fideuà Negra Valenciana

Fideuà negra is Valencian, born for the paellera but made with noodles instead of rice: sepia, cuttlefish ink, good fish stock, and the dry finish that makes it the dish.

Rossejat de Fideus - Chef Isabel

Chef Isabel

Rossejat de Fideus

Rossejat de fideus is Tarragona's coastal noodle dish: thin fideos toasted until nut-brown, then cooked dry in fish fumet and served with allioli.

Andrajos Andaluces con Conejo - Chef Isabel

Chef Isabel

Andrajos Andaluces con Conejo

Andrajos are Andalucía's dough-rag stew from Jaén and Granada: a slow rabbit guiso thickened with torn sheets of flour dough, rolled thin so they cook tender instead of gummy.

Aletría Murciana - Chef Isabel

Chef Isabel

Aletría Murciana

Aletría Murciana is Murcia's humble noodle guiso: fine fideos, pork ribs, potato, saffron, and a dark sweet sofrito. Get that base right and the pot knows where it's going.

Gurullos de Almería con Conejo y Caracoles - Chef Isabel

Chef Isabel

Gurullos de Almería con Conejo y Caracoles

Gurullos de Almería are tiny hand-rolled pasta grains cooked like rice in a rabbit, snail, chickpea, and saffron guiso, with the sofrito cooked low until it turns dark and sweet.

Fideos a la Marinera Catalanes - Chef Isabel

Chef Isabel

Fideos a la Marinera Catalanes

Fideos a la marinera belong to the Catalan coast: thick noodles cooked caldoso, spoonable and glossy, in fish broth with squid, clams, mussels, a dark sofrito, and a little picada.

Fideus a la Cassola - Chef Isabel

Chef Isabel

Fideus a la Cassola

Fideus a la cassola are Catalonia's spoony cazuela noodles: pork rib, botifarra, a dark sofregit, and short fideos simmered in broth, then tightened with a garlic-parsley picada.

Fideos con Almejas a la Andaluza - Chef Isabel

Chef Isabel

Fideos con Almejas a la Andaluza

Fideos con almejas are coastal Andalucía in a cazuela: short noodles, clams, a slow tomato sofrito, and the clam liquor strained clean so the whole pot tastes of the sea.

Fideuà de Gandía - Chef Isabel

Chef Isabel

Fideuà de Gandía

Fideuà de Gandía is Valencia's seafood noodle pan: short hollow fideos toasted in olive oil, cooked in strong fish broth, and left alone until the tips stand and catch.

Fideus de Vermar - Chef Isabel

Chef Isabel

Fideus de Vermar

Fideus de Vermar is Mallorca's harvest pot from Binissalem: thick noodles simmered caldoso with lamb, red wine, sobrasada, and a dark sofrito until the broth tastes of the vineyard lunch.

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