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VIDEO: Recreate Botica’s paella at home

Chef Mimmo Alboumeh goes through the rich process of making a beautiful order of paella outside of his restaurant Botica on Peachtree Road. Video by Ryon Horne
By Ligaya Figueras
Oct 20, 2021

Botica chef-owner Mimmo Alboumeh makes a bountiful meat and seafood paella whose flavors are built from numerous aromatics and seasonings. The unorthodox technique of parboiling the rice won’t result in a paella with a socarrat, the crusty, crispy bottom, but it will cut down on cooking time. The dish is featured in the AJC Fall Dining Guide 2021 as one of our favorites dishes right now.

Chef Mimmo of Botica prepares paella on the restaurant's patio each Wednesday and serves it from 3-6 p.m. He also makes it on the occasional Sunday and upon request. Ligaya Figueras / ligaya.figueras@ajc.com

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Ligaya Figueras is the AJC's senior editor for Food & Dining. Prior to joining the AJC in 2015, she was the executive editor for St. Louis-based culinary magazine Sauce. She has worked in the publishing industry since 1999 and holds degrees from St. Louis University and the University of Michigan.

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