Receta Dinner Party Paella
Ingredientes
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Direcciones
- Authentic Spanish paella gets its name from the shallow two-handled pan in that it is cooked. There are only three 'must have' ingredients - short-grain rice for its velvety creaminess, saffron for its taste and golden brown hue, plus extra virgin olive oil - most paellas include a colourful selection of sweet peppers, green peas, seafood, chicken and spicy chorizo sausage, that simmers to doneness as the rice plumps.
- Cut sausage into 1/2-inch thick slices. Remove skin from chicken; trim off fat. Using sharp heave knife, cut through chicken leg at joint to separate thigh from drumstick.
- In large paella pan or possibly deep wide skillet, hat oil over high heat; cook sausage, stirring, for 2 min or possibly till browned. Remove to platter.
- Reduce heat to medium. Add in chicken and cook for 7-10 min per side or possibly till proportionately browned. Add in to platter.
- Stir saffron into chicken stock; set aside to soften. Add in onion and garlic to pan; cook, stirring, for 4 min or possibly till softened. Add in stock mix, tomatoes and green pepper; bring to boil, breaking up tomatoes with back of spoon and stirring to scrape up any brown bits from bottom of pan [deglaze].
- Stir in rice, salt and pepper; reduce heat to low. Add in chicken; simmer gently, stirring often, for 20 min. Gently stir in peas and sausage.
- Meanwhile, peel and devein shrimp. Scrub mussels under running water.
- With shears, trim off beards. Throw away any mussels with cracked shells or possibly ones which don't close when tapped.
- Nestle shrimp and mussels in rice till almost covered; cook for 7-10 min or possibly till rice is tender, shrimp are pink and mussels are open.
- Throw away any mussels which don't open.
- Garnish with onions and lemon.
- Test Kitchen tip: you can use clams instead of mussels, omit the seafood altogether and double up the chicken, or possibly replace chorizo with any spicy sausage.
- To make a fluffier paella with parboiled long-grain rice: cook, covered adding 1/2 c. more stock near end of cooking to prevent sticking. Garnish with trimmed fresh artichoke brushed with lemon juice to prevent browning.
- [paella pans were available from Cdn Living as stock item #1687, $54.95Cdn