La receta de la abuela
“El domingo pasado, mi abuela me enseñó a preparar su famosa paella.
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La receta de la abuela
Reviewed by Francisco · Updated
- Topic
- Family recipes
- Learning goal
- Narrate learning a family recipe and passing on tradition
- Grammar focus
- preterite and imperfect contrast · informal imperative · pluperfect
- Length
- 131 words
- Reading time
- 1.1 min
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English translation▾
Last Sunday, my grandmother taught me how to make her famous paella.
“The most important thing is the recipe from the heart,” she told me while taking the ingredients out of the fridge.
First, we heated olive oil in a large pan and browned the chicken with paprika.
“Now spread the rice evenly and, when you add the stock, do not stir it again,” she explained patiently.
I followed every instruction carefully, trying to memorize each step.
We added the hot broth, green beans, and a few sprigs of rosemary.
While we waited, she told me that her mother had taught her this same recipe fifty years ago in a village in Valencia.
When we tasted the result, the flavor was exactly as I remembered from my childhood.
My grandmother smiled and said: “Now this recipe is yours too.”
Key vocabulary
Comprehension check
Use the language
Writing prompt
Write about a recipe or skill passed between generations and describe the most important instructions.
Speaking prompt
Explain how the grandmother teaches the paella recipe and why it becomes meaningful to the narrator.
Answer key and explanations
Do not stir the rice again
She says to spread the rice first and not stir it again after adding the stock.
Her mother 50 years ago
Her mother taught her the recipe 50 years ago.
Informal imperative (tú)
'Añade' is the informal imperative (tú form).