Paella Valenciana - Valencian Style Rice
PAELLA is named after the PALLERA, a shallow round iron Valencian pan used for cooking this ancient medieval festive shepherd´s and hunter´s national dish of the Iberian Peninsula which comes in a wide variety of styles; coastal takes employing only shellfish, and / or mountain style chicken or feathered game and / or vegetable rice dishes which has become renowned throughout the world.
The world Pallera derived from the Catalan language, where it denotes in English, the word Skillet. The pan is made of metal and / or clay terracotta earthenware.