The most representative rice of traditional Mallorcan cuisine is "arroz brut." A spoon dish bursting with intensity and nuance. It is made with seasonal garden vegetables in combination with meats and poultry.
Ingredients such as "botifarrons" (Mallorcan sausage), quails, artichokes, or snails are also common in the recipe. What gives this rice its characteristic touch is the cloudy broth created by adding a paste of the livers and the spicy flavor provided by a mixture of ground spices. A dish from my homeland that feeds all the senses.
Recipe information
- Preparation time: 25 minutes
- Cooking time: 25 minutes
- Total time: 50 minutes
- Servings: 2
- Category: main course
- Type of cuisine: Spanish
- Calories: 175 kcal per 100 g
Ingredients for Mallorcan arroz brut for 4 people
- 300 g of bomba rice
- 2 l of chicken broth, meat broth, or water
- 250 g of pork ribs
- 250 g of free-range chicken
- 250 g of rabbit
- 2 chicken livers
- 1 rabbit liver
- 50 g of peas
- 50 g of green beans
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 20 g of sobrasada
- 50 g of mushrooms
- 20 ml of extra virgin olive oil
- Salt
- 2 teaspoons of ground spice mix: cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, and pepper
How to make arroz brut
In a clay pot, heat the extra virgin olive oil over low heat. Mince the garlic, chop the onion into a brunoise, and sauté over low heat.
While making the sofrito, add the chicken and rabbit livers and sauté until fully cooked.
Set aside in a mortar along with the Mallorcan sobrasada.
Add the rabbit, chicken, and pork meat to the pot. Sear until golden brown on all sides.
Next, add the previously grated tomato, the mushrooms cut into strips, the peas, and the roughly cut green beans.
Add the mixture of ground spices that give arroz brut its characteristic flavor. Stir to integrate well.
Pour in the chicken broth and bring to a boil.
Meanwhile, crush the livers together with the sobrasada and a ladle of broth until you get a homogeneous mixture.
Add the mortar mixture to the pot and stir well. This step gives us the intense flavor, texture, and the "brut" (dirty) quality that characterizes this rice.
When the broth boils, add the rice, stir, and let it cook, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes over low heat. It is important to respect the doneness of the rice and have extra hot broth on hand if necessary.
Serve the rice in the pot so each diner can help themselves. Accompany with lemon, radishes, and green pepper cut into strips.
Easy preparation summary
- Heat the extra virgin olive oil in a clay pot
- Mince the garlic and chop the onion into a brunoise
- Sauté the garlic and onion along with the livers
- Once the livers are cooked, set them aside in the mortar with the sobrasada
- Sear the meats in the pot until sealed on all sides
- Add the grated tomato, the mushrooms cut into strips, the roughly cut green beans, and the peas
- Add the spice mixture for arroz brut. Stir
- Pour in the broth and serve.
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