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Sunday, July 21, 2024

Paella For Two





This is my Paella recipe  for 2 using a 10-12 inch pan since its just my hubby and me now : ) The original Paella Recipe is HERE And the chart for making this in a larger pan is below.


Ingredients (My recipe has been adapted from the  La Paella pan booklet)
(1012  inch pan which serves 2-4 see modification chart for different sized paella pans below) my hubby loves it)
pinch saffron threads
1 1/2 cups water
1/4 cup white wine
sea salt to taste
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup frozen peas
1/2 of a medium Spanish Corizo Sausage (not mexican as its a completely different product)  peeled and cut up
3 garlic cloves minced
1/2 onion chopped fine
1 small tomato(Roma size) peeled and grated on large grate
1/2 red bell pepper diced small
3/4 cup Bomba Rice or medium grain rice (OR, My Dad always used Uncle Ben's Converted rice)
1 lemon cut into wedges

Directions 
Note: The paella pan must be turned through out the cooking in a circular motion for even heating.
Boil the water with salt and saffron covered for about 10 minutes, taste for salt, turn off heat and set
aside.
 Heat oil in paella pan on medium high and saute the shrimp and chorizo until the shrimp is just starting to turn pink, remove from pan set aside on plate.
Turn heat down to medium and in the oil saute the sofrito:onion, pepper, garlic, and tomato until dark burgundy adding a little water here and there if starting to burn, about 10-15 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste again..

Bring broth back to boil.
Add the rice and saute for 1-2 minutes.
Add the wine and most of the saffron broth at this time (reserve a bit for end if needed) stir or shake to evenly distribute rice turn up heat to a vigorous simmer.
At this point no more stirring of rice but turning of pan is needed.

After rice and liquid are at same level (8-10 minutes) lower heat to medium and arrange the clams and peas on top simmer gently for another 10 minutes or until rice has absorbed all the liquid about 10 more minutes.Turning pan as needed.
If it is not finished (check a rice grain and it should be al dente or chewy with tiny white dot in the center) add more broth and continue cooking a few more minutes.
Arrange the shrimp and chorizo on top and turn up heat to high, turning pan in circles to create  a crust on the bottom (socarrat) but be careful not to burn  this only takes 1-2 minutes!
Squeeze lemon all over and arrange more wedges on top of paella.
Serve right away with bread and a good Spanish Red Wine!

Modification Chart by Size of Paella pan
16 inch pan serves 4-6 multiply recipe by 1 1/4
18 inch pan serves 6-8 multiply by 1 1/2
22 inch pan serves 8-10  multiply by 2
26 inch pan serves 10-12 multiply by 3
32 inch pan serves 12-14 multiply by 5
 (A larger pan will require 2-3 burners)

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