Seafood Paella

Today I have been cooking this delicious seafood paella for you all. Paella is a traditional Spanish dish and it is well known all over the world. I guess you have already tried my chicken paella recipe, so here you have a new variety for those who love seafood. I hope you like it as much as I do. Don´t forget that paella has to be served just after cooking it in order to keep  all its flavour. On the contrary the rice might be overcooked instead of being firm to the bite.

Ingredients:

(Serves 4)

150 g  peeled prawns
100 g mussels
150 g squid rings
500 g Spanish paella rice
1 fish stock cube
1 l water

1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1 red pepper

1 tomato

100 ml extra virgin olive oil

Saffron

Salt

Difficulty and cooking time:

Easy
45 minutes

Method:

Finely chop the garlic, onion and pepper.

Put the chopped garlic, onion and pepper in a frying pan with the olive oil, add a little salt and stir-fry for 5 minutes.

In the meantime, peel and dice the tomato.

When the onion is golden brown add the diced tomato.

Stir fry until the tomato is done.

Then add the seafood.

Cook over a medium heat for 2 minutes stirring occasionally.

Then add the rice. I have chosen a round grain variety of rice, which properly absorbs all the broth, although long grain rice or any other kind is also fine.

Add salt to taste and stir well for a couple of minutes.

Then add the fish broth. To prepare this broth put the fish stock cube into a pot with a litre of  boiling water and stir well.

Then add the ground saffron or a saffron thread. This gives paella its characteristic yellow colour and flavour as well.

Stir and cook for 15 minutes over a medium heat until the rice is done.

Cover the paella with aluminum foil for 2 minutes, so the rice can absorb all the stock.

And the paella is ready. Don´t forget to serve it immediately.

Enjoy it!
Hopefully see you soon,

María