Spicy rice stuffed calamari

INGREDIENTS

100g Calamari tubes

Spicy rice

1x lemon

For the spicy rice:

60g Jasmin rice

3-4 strands Saffron

30g Chorizo (cubed small enough to fit into the calamari tube)

1x Onion (finely chopped)

40g Peas

30g chopped herbs (parsely, fennel, coriander, chives)

1x medium Chilli (chopped)

5g Ginger (grated)

METHOD

Place the rice and saffron in a pot of lighty salted water. Cook the rice, strain and set aside to cool.

In a hot pan, fry off the chorizo until it starts releasing some oil.

Add the rest of the ingredients, and lightly fry for 2 to 3 min.

Add the chorizo mix nto the rice mix and season to taste.

Once the mix is cool enough to work with, you are ready to stuff the calamari.

Stuff all the tubes with the rice mix, and close them with a metal skewer.

Once all the tubes are stuffed, season with salt and pepper, and drizzle over some olive oil.

Place over open coals, and cook for 3 to 4 min, then turn them and cook for a further 2 to 3 min.

Once done,remove and squeeze generously with lemon juice.

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