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Paella
INGREDIENTS
-3 cloves garlic
-1/2 onion, chopped
-1/2 red bell pepper, chopped
-1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
-1/2 cup tomato puree or crushed tomatoes
-1/2 tsp smoked paprika
-sea salt
-black pepper
-2 1/2 cups fish broth or vegetable broth (chicken can be used as well)
-1 sachet Spanish saffron in powder form
-1 cup rice
-12 raw jumbo shrimp (peeled and deveined)
-8 fresh mussels (debearded and cleaned) optional
8 fresh clams
-fresh parsley
-lemon
Instructions:
First you want to cut up all your ingredients, mince 3 cloves of garlic, dice 1/2 of an onion, dice 1/2 of a red bell pepper also reserve 12 raw jumbo shrimp that have been peeled and deveined and 8 fresh cleaned mussels (if using)
Heat a paella pan or large frying pan with a medium-high heat and add 1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil, once the oil gets hot, add the onions and garlic into the pan and mix with the oil, after 1 minute add the red bell pepper, mix and cook for 3 minutes, then add 1/2 cup of tomato puree, season everything with a generous 1/2 teaspoon of smoked paprika, a generous pinch of sea salt and a hint of freshly cracked black pepper, continue to cook for 2 minutes, add 2 1/2 cups of fish broth (or broth of choice) and the saffron, gently mix everything together
Once the broth comes to a boil, add 1 cup of rice to the pan and then gently distribute the rice throughout the pan with a wooden spoon, do not mix the rice, after 5 minutes of cooking add the shrimp and the mussels, cook for another 5 minutes and then lower the fire to a low-medium heat (do not mix the rice after this point, you can give the pan a quick shake once in a while)
After simmering for 10 minutes and there is very little broth left, turn the fire back to a medium-high heat for 1 minute, this technique is to make the socarrat (burnt rice on the bottom of the pan), then turn off the heat, cover the paella pan completely and let it rest between 5-7 minutes
Uncover the paella, garnish with freshly chopped parsley and a couple of lemon wedges
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