Seafood paella

Ingredients

• 14 oz paella rice
• 10 oz shrimp
• 8 prawns
• 1 lb mussels
• 7 oz clams
• 3 squid
• 1 red pepper
• 1 green pepper
• 2 tomatoes
• 2 garlic cloves
• 4 cups water
• small bunch of parsley
• salt
• pepper
• saffron
• food coloring
• olive oil
• 1/2 lemon

Materials

• 34 cm paella dish
• Kitchen towel

Preparation

• The shrimp broth:
  Peel the shrimp and 3 prawns. Keep the shells and heads, and sauté them in olive oil in a large pot for 5 minutes.
• Add 4 cups of water, bring to a boil, cover, and let cook for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, and crush the heads in the broth with a pestle. Then, strain to keep only the liquid. Set aside.
  
• Mussels:
  Clean and debeard the mussels, and place them in a pot. Add a little water, cover, and cook for 15 minutes. After this time, the mussels should have opened. Take each mussel out of the pot, leaving it in its shell, and set 6 aside for decoration. Set aside.
• In the paella dish, heat some olive oil. Sauté the roughly chopped peppers.
  
• While the peppers are cooking, crush the garlic cloves, and add the chopped parsley, salt, pepper, and saffron. Mix well.
• Add this mixture to the peppers once they are nearly cooked. Peel the tomatoes, blend them into a purée, and add them as well. Let cook for 5 minutes.
  
• Clean the squid, removing anything that isn’t edible, and cut it into rings. Add it to the pan, along with the cleaned clams still in their shells.
• Let cook for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. The clams should all have opened.
  
• Then, add the rice, along with the shrimp and the prawns (the ones whose shells were used for the broth). Mix well.
• Spread the mixture evenly in the paella dish, and pour the broth over it. Add the food coloring and mix. Place the remaining prawns and the mussels you set aside on top of the paella. Once the broth is boiling, reduce the heat to low/medium and let cook for 20 minutes. After 20 minutes, turn off the heat and cover the paella with a kitchen towel. Let rest for 5 minutes.
  
• And there you have it, your seafood paella is ready; all that’s left is to garnish it with half a lemon!

Observations

Broth: For quicker preparation, you can use pre-made broth.

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Questions

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