Main Meal – Paella

https://spainonafork.com/authentic-spanish-seafood-paella-recipe/

Ingredients
· 3 cloves garlic crushed
· 1/2 onion finely diced
· 1/2 red bell pepper finely chop
· 1 tube of squid cleaned cut into small squares
· 12 raw jumbo shrimp peeled & deveined
· 8 fresh mussels cleaned
· 80 ml extra virgin olive oil
· 112 grams tomato sauce
· 1/2 tsp sweet smoked Spanish paprika
· 600 ml fish broth 600 m
· 1/4 tsp saffron threads or powder
· 200 grams uncooked round rice
· 2 lemon wedges
· handful finely chopped parsley
· sea salt & black pepper
Instructions
1) Heat a paella pan with a medium-high heat and add in 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil, after 1 minute season the olive oil with sea salt and add in the cut squid, mix with the olive oil and cook for 1 1/2 to 2 minutes, then remove from the pan and set aside, then add in the diced onion & chopped garlic into the pan, mix with the olive oil, after 1 minute add in the chopped bell pepper and continue to mix so everything evenly sautees
2) After 3 minutes, add in 1/2 cup tomato sauce and season everything with 1/2 tsp sweet smoked paprika, sea salt & black pepper, mix together, after 2 minutes and the tomato sauce has thickened, add the squid back into the pan, mix together, then add in 2 1/2 cups fish broth and the saffron
3) Once the broth comes to a boil add in 1 cup round rice, give it one final mix so everything is evenly distributed, after 5 to 6 minutes add in the shrimp and the cleaned mussels, after another 5 minutes, lower the fire to a low-medium heat and simmer until all the broth has been absorbed by the rice, then hit back to a medium-high heat to achieve the socarrat,   1 to 2 minutes, then remove the pan from the heat and cover After 5 minutes uncover the pan, and garnish the paella with lemon wedges and finely chopped parsley, enjoy!

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