3 Ways to Cook Like a Spanish Chef with Homemade Sofrito

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Get to know sofrito—a dynamic base that gives a start to Spanish paella and many other Mediterranean dishes that can be made with ingredients that you probably have in your kitchen right now. Anne Milneck—owner of Red Stick Spice Company and the host of Smidgen loves sofrito after learning it from Jim, the instructor for Red Stick Spice’s ultra-popular paella class. After listening to this episode of Smidgen, not only will you be prepared to make sofrito tonight, you’ll want to try Shrimp with Sofrito and try cooking paella at home. (But did you know there’s something better than cooking paella at home? Listen in to learn more.)

·       Step one: make Sofrito. Recipe here. Step one and a half: fall in love.

·       Two birds, one stone: tapas and sofrito in one swoop—make Shrimp with Sofrito (recipe here.)

·       Try one of our favorite paella recipes—Easy weeknight paella.  

·       How can I learn more about Culinary Madrid—the six day cooking and food tour of Madrid, Spain—and how can I sign up? Click here for Culinary Madrid.

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