Seafood Paella

INGREDIENTS

1 onion, finely chopped

2 cloves of garlic, crushed

2 tablespoons of tomato paste

60 g paella rice

1 tin chopped tomatoes

60 g chorizo, sliced

18 prawns, deveined

200 g squid

250 g cleaned mussels, in shell

200 g clams

2 cups of seafood or chicken stock

0.5 g Spanish saffron

a couple of pinches of smoked paprika

about 4 big handfuls of frozen peas

a bunch of parsley, chopped

a glug of olive oil

the juice of 2 lemons

Add a glug of olive oil to a fireproof paella pan, then sweat of the onions and crushed garlic over moderate coals.

Next, add the sliced chorizo and stir in the tomato paste, frying for a couple of minutes. Stir in the rice and paprika, and toast the rice, then add the tinned tomatoes and stock.

Simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes, then add all the seafood, until the prawns are cooked through, the clams and mussels have opened and the rice is cooked, but still al dente (about another 10 minutes).

Stir through the frozen peas and cook until warmed through (about 2 minutes) season with salt and cracked black pepper, and serve sprinkled with chopped parsley and a generous squeeze of

lemon juice.

TIP: Discard any mussels and clams that did not open!

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