Seafood Paella
- 5 tbsp olive oil
- 12 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 8 langoustines or more shrimp
- 8 oz (225g) squid, cleaned and sliced into rings
- 12-16 mussels, scrubbed
- 2 large tomatoes, peeled, seeded, and diced
- Pinch of saffron
- 2 cups short grain rice
- 5 cups boiling fish stock
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tbsp chopped parsley
- 1 lemon, cut into 8 wedges
- Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a paella pan or a large frying pan over medium heat.
- Add the shrimp and cook about 2 minutes.
- Transfer to a plate.
- Add the langoustines to the pan, cover, and cook for 5 minutes, until the shells are red.
- Add to the shrimp.
- Add 1 tbsp oil to the pan, heat, and add the squid.
- Cook 1 minute, until barely opaque, and add to the plate.
- Add the mussels to the pan with 1/4 cup water.
- Cover and cook about 4 minutes, or until they open.
- Transfer mussels and their juices to the plate.
- Heat 2 tbsp oil in the pan.
- Add the tomatoes and saffron and cook for 1 minute.
- Stir in the rice, then the stock.
- Simmer, uncovered, over medium-low heat for 15 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Nestle the shrimp, langoustines, squid, and mussels in the rice and let cook until the rice is just tender.
- Remove from the heat and tent with aluminum foil.
- Let stand for 5 minutes.
- Garnish with the lemon and parsley and serve hot.
olive oil, jumbo shrimp, langoustines, mussels, tomatoes, saffron, short grain rice, boiling fish, salt, parsley, lemon
Taken from www.cookstr.com/recipes/seafood-paella (may not work)