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Paella Recipe

Serves/Makes: 6

Ingredients:

• 1 cooked lobster, cut into bite-size pieces
• 12 cooked shrimps, shelled
• 12 mussel shells, cleaned
• 6 chicken legs
• 1 pork fillet, cut into 1-inch (2.5-cm) thick slices
• 1 pepperoni, sliced
• 3/4 cup (190 mL) white wine
• 1/4 cup (60 mL) oil
• 2 onions, minced
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 cups (500 mL) white rice
• 3 cups (750 mL) chicken broth
• 1 phial saffron filaments, infused into 1/4 cup (60 mL) hot chicken broth
• 2 green peppers, diced
• 1 (28-ounce / 796-mL) can Italian tomatoes
• 1 bouquet garni (thyme, parsley and bay leaf)
• Salt and pepper

How to cook:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (160°C).
• Bring white wine to a boil.
• Add cleaned mussel shells.
• Cover and cook until mussel shells open-up.
• Remove mussel shells from broth reserve.
• In a fry pan, heat 2 tablespoons (30 mL) of the oil.
• Fry chicken legs and pork slices until golden brown reserve.
• Heat 1 tablespoon (15 mL) of the remaining oil.
• Fry pepperoni slices reserve.
• Heat remaining oil.
• Melt onion in hot oil, but do not color.
• Add garlic and rice.
• Well coat with oil pour in chicken broth.
• Transfer into an oven-proof dish.
• Mix in infused saffron, green pepper dices and tomatoes.
• Add reserved chicken legs, pork slices and bouquet garni.
• Bake in preheated oven for 35 minutes.
• Mix in lobster pieces, shelled shrimps, reserved mussels and pepperoni.
• Bake for 10 minutes more.

Note:

Discard any unopened mussel shell after cooking.

Comments:

Paella is a rice dish, originally from Valencia, where it is eaten especially on Sundays and during the Falles. There are many variations of it with different ingredients.

This recipe for Paella serves/makes: 6

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Main Ingredient: Seafood Mix
Preparation Method: Baked
Cuisine: Spanish

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