PAELLA, WHO SAID THAT IT IS DIFFICULT TO MAKE?

Dear all, my apologies for not having written for a long time, I have been busy with my job, finishing my master’s degree and applying for Jobs. But, as you can here, here I am, back again! Today I would like to share a simple recipe that I made yesterday here in London: paella. People might say that it is difficult or that in the UK it will be difficult to find the right ingredients. It might not be the best paella, but at least it is a good one. By the way, this is for the Brits: there is no chorizo in the paella!!!

The recipe it is for 6 people and I have to say that it was cooked with a wok instead of a proper pan (paella pan, which is flatter).

Ingredients:

600gr of rice (not basmati rice!)

12 prawns (they were already peeled)

2 cuttlefishes

200gr of mussels (without the shell)

1 chopped red pepper

½ a glass of white wine

2 chopped tomatoes

1 Chopped onion

1 Chopped garlic (optional)

Fishes for the stock (the once you find)

Oil

Salt

2 Fish Stock cubes

Water (twice more than rice)

4 pork sausages

Some peas (according to the quantity that you prefer)

First of all, for the fish stock you should boil water in a pot with the fish stocks cubes and the fishes. Meanwhile you could fry with oil, the tomatoes, the onions, the garlic and the pepper in a pan. Then, add some salt and the glass of white wine. When the wine is reduced, cut the sausages into small pieces and add them to the pan. After that, add the prawns, the mussels and the cuttlefishes. 

Once are cook, add the rice to the pan, mixing up all the ingredients and cooking the rice a little bit. Now it is time to add the fish stock to the pan once the water has been strained from the fishes. Then cook slowly and continue adding the fish stock. When it is almost cooked, add the peas. After that when all the water is reduced, the paella will be ready to be served. 

To drink with the paella I would recommend you any young soft red wine or the varieties of albariño, verdejo or chardonnay.  

So, are you ready to make a paella? If I did it, you can also do it! Don’t be scared of cooking!

Enjoy it!