Paella
Prep time: 15-20 minutes
Cooking time: 35-45 minutes
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients:
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1 tbsp olive oil
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½ cup fennel, fine dice
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1 tbsp Spanish spice mix
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400g chopped tomatoes, 1 can
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2 tsp salt
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4 cups chicken stock
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1 pinch saffron
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2 duck breasts, skin on and scored
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2 chorizos, diced
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1 red capsicum, fine dice
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1 brown onion, fine dice
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4 garlic cloves, sliced
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2 cups paella rice Arroz or Arborio
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250g peeled prawns
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1 kg mussels
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1/3 cup parsley, finely chop
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¼ cup sherry vinegar
Method:
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Bring a pot to high heat, drizzle olive oil and add the fennel. Sauté for 3 minutes add the chopped tomatoes, add the Spanish spice and add the salt.
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Cook for 3 minutes, add the stock and one cup of water. Bring to the boil, add the saffron and turn down to medium heat. Simmer for 15 –20 minutes to develop flavours.
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Bring a large paella pan (approximately 40-50 cm diameter) to medium high heat using 2–3 burners of your cooktop or on a paella burner.
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Place the duck breast skin side down and let it render for 5-7minutes until golden and crispy. Remove from pan. Cut the breasts into 2cm pieces and set aside.
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Using the duck fat, on medium high heat, sauté the chorizos for 3 minutes. Add the capsicum and sauté for 3 minutes, add the onion and the garlic, sauté for another 3 minutes until soft and caramelised.
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Add the duck and sauté for 3 minutes. Add the rice and saute for another 2 minutes.
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Add the stock and mix with all the ingredients until commence to boil.
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Add the prawns and stir through. Cook for 5 minutes until the liquid is halfway down.
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Place the mussels all around the paella and pressing down so they are halfway submerging into the rice and the liquids.
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Stop stirring and turn down tom low, lightly cover with foil and let it cook for 15-20 minutes until the rice is cooked and a lightly caramelization has form on the bottom of the rice (crispy and sticky)
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Turn off the heat, splash some of the sherry vinegar all over the paella and let it rest for 5 minutes.
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Serve with lemon wedges and garnish with chopped parsley.