Seafood Paella
Total Time: 2 hoursYield: 4 Servings
Source: www.tienda.com
Category: Shellfish
Ingredients
6 cups Clam Juice1 teaspoon Saffron (crumbled)
1 1⁄2 pound Cod Fillets (cut into bite-sized pieces)
12 whole Mussels (scrubbed, debreaded)
12 whole Clams ( scrubbed)
12 whole Shrimp
2 tablespoons Parsley (minced)
8 cloves Garlic (minced)
1 tablespoon Thyme (minced)
2 teaspoons Smoked Paprika
1⁄2 cup Olive Oil
1 whole Onion (chopped)
6 whole Green Onions (chopped)
1 whole Red Bell Pepper (chopped)
1 whole Tomato (chopped)
2 cups Arborio Rice
dash Salt
dash Ground Black Pepper
1 whole Lemon (cut into wedges)
Directions
- Heat clam juice in a pot. Stir in saffron. Pat fish and shrimp dry with paper towels. Sprinkle with salt and let sit 10 minutes. Use a mortar and pestle to mash parsley, garlic, thyme and 1/8 tsp salt into a paste; stir in paprika. Add water if necessary to form a paste.
- Heat 6 tablespoons oil in 12" cast iron skillet pan over medium high heat and quickly brown the fish 1-2 minutes. Do not fully cook. Remove to plate.
- Add remaining 2 tablespoons of oil, onion, green onions, and bell pepper to pan and cook until the vegetables are slightly softened. Raise heat, add tomato and cook until it becomes sauce-like, 2 to 5 minutes. Pour in the hot broth and bring to a boil.
- Sprinkle the rice evenly across the pan. Boil for 3 minutes, stirring rice and rotating pan occasionally. Add all reserved fish. Stir in parsley paste. Season with salt and pepper. Do not stir after this point. Lower the heat, continue to simmer until rice is no longer soupy but enough liquid remains to continue cooking the rice,about 10 min. Add extra liquid if necessary.
- Arrange shrimp, clams and mussels over rice, placing edges of mussel and clam shells so they open facing up. Cook, uncovered, for 15-20 minutes until rice is almost done. Remove pan from the heat and cover with foil. Let sit 10 minutes. Garnish with lemon wedges.