Basic Paella
Paella can be made with any combination of meats, fish, seafood or just vegetables an old North Spanish classic is made with snails and rabbit.
Quantity: Serves 2 Cooking time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
1 tablespoon olive oil
120g/ 4 oz rice (paella or short grain)
1 red whole roasted pepper- sliced
1 small onion (chopped)
2 cloves garlic (crushed)
½ teaspoon paprika
¼ teaspoon saffron
1 pint stock
1/2 tin chopped plum tomatoes
½ courgette (optional)
Method
- Sauté in olive oil the onions until soft
- Then stir in the garlic, courgette (op) and the spices
- Then stir in the rice for a few minutes
- Add ¾ pint of stock (veggie or fish) and ½ tin of chopped plum tomatoes
- Season and stir round
- Then leave to cook on a medium heat (not bubbling rapidly) for 20 minutes
- It may need stirring once or twice or it may need a little water to stop it drying out too much
- Season
- Place the roasted pepper slices on the top, and serve with wedges of lemon and chopped flat parsley