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Apr 28

Written by: Neil E. Traveler
Thursday, April 28, 2011 8:00 AM 

Students Learn to Cook Paella on NETC Educational Tour in Madrid, Spain


In Tuesday's blog post I shared this photo from a student traveler who visited Madrid, Spain on her NETC Educational Tour, Granada, Sevilla y Madrid. The photo got me thinking...these students and I were lucky enough to experience LEAP! Cocina Española and create our own authentic Spanish meal, but why shouldn't you have the chance to make your own paella to enjoy at home as well? So below I've shared the recipe for Mixed Paella - straight from the cooking school itself, so you'll be making the same dish I made with the students in the photo - and let me tell you, it's delicious! *Please note, all measurements in the ingredient list are in metric units, with their approximate US conversion in parentheses at the end of each line.

Mixed Paella - serves 4

Ingredients:

  • 3/4dl olive oil (~1/3 cup)
  • 400gr chopped lean pork (~1 lb)
  • 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 green pepper
  • 200gr diced tomato (~1 cup)
  • 400gr rice (~2 cups)
  • 8dl fish stock or white stock (measured) (~3.4 cups)
  • 8 strings of saffron or a pinch of colorant
  • 2 lemons
  • 50gr green peas (~1/4 cup)
  • 200gr sliced baby squid (~1/2 lb)
  • 100gr large shrimp, peeled (~1/4 lb)
  • 200gr black mussels (~1/2 lb)
  • 1 red bell pepper cut into strips
  • salt to taste

Preparation:
  1. Peel and chop garlic and green pepper.
  2. Grill red pepper, peel and cut into strips.
  3. Clean mussels and put into water with salt, lemon and some bay leaves so they open. The water will be used for boiling the rice.
Method:

  1. In a large paella pan, brown the pork in hot oil, add the garlic and fry lightly. Add green peppers and fry till tender.
  2. Add diced tomato and squid and fry lightly. Then add cooked rice and fry some more. Pour in the boiling stock, peas, dry ground saffron and salt.
  3. Simmer for about 5 minutes without stirring the rice. Add open mussels and place shrimp on the shells. Decorate with the peppers and put into oven for another 12 minutes.
  4. Take the rice out of the oven and let it rest for a few minutes, covered with a cloth.
Presentation:


Decorate the paella pan with lemon wedges and cover the handles with a napkin.

Enjoy!

If you have your own great recipe for making paella, feel free to share it below



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