Paella
- Olive oil, for sauteing
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 tomato, skinned and seeded
- 30 mussels, scrubbed and debearded
- 12 clams, scrubbed
- White wine, to cover
- 1/2 chicken, chopped into small pieces
- 6 medium squid, chopped into small pieces
- 2 bell peppers, chopped into small pieces
- Fish stock
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 3 to 4 strands saffron
- 1 pound medium shrimp, shelled and deveined
- Sweat the onion with in a thin layer of olive oil on low heat for 1 1/2 hours.
- Add the tomato and simmer for 1 more hour.
- Let cool and strain.
- Set aside the onion/tomato mixture.
- Open 30 mussels and 12 clams by covering them with white wine.
- Reserve the wine and juice.
- Reserve the olive oil to saute more ingredients.
- Saute the chicken in olive oil for about 8 minutes.
- Set aside.
- Saute the squid for 5 minutes in olive oil.
- Set aside.
- Saute the peppers for 5 minutes.
- Set aside.
- Add enough water to the reserved mussel and clam juice so it equals 5 1/2 cups.
- Flavor the fish stock with salt, pepper, and saffron.
- Bring to a boil; add 2 cups of rice.
- Add the Sauteed chicken, squid, peppers, and the onions/tomato mixture.
- Bring to a strong boil for 4 minutes.
- Reduce the heat and add the mussels, clams, and shrimp.
- Boil moderately for about 10 to 12 minutes.
- Let sit for about 7 minutes.
- Then serve.
olive oil, onion, tomato, mussels, clams, white wine, chicken, bell peppers, stock, salt, saffron, shrimp
Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paella-recipe4.html (may not work)