How to make seafood paella
We teach you how to make seafood paella Spanish style, with our head chef, Stefano.
Preparation time30 minutesCooking time 30 minutesBaking time15 minutesCategoryMain courseCookingSpanishKeywordsSeafood paella, Spanish paella, prawnsFor how many people4 peoplePortionMediumCalories143Fat4 g
Ingredients for the seafood broth
- 800 g of raw prawns
- 3 tomatoes cut in quarters
- 30g olive oil
- 5 cloves of garlic
- Parsley
- 2 liters of water
- 1 glass of white wine
Ingredients for the rice
- 160 g of bomba rice or rice for Paella
- 400 g of the prawn tails used for the broth (previously cleaned)
- Seafood mix (Sepia, mussels, baby octopus, clams, prawns). You can use the seafood that you like the most
- 2 tomatoes cut in quarters
- 2 cloves of garlic
- Parsley
- 50g diced onion
- 30g olive oil
- 1 glass of white wine
Preparation for the seafood broth
Step 1: Separate the prawns
Separate the heads and body of the prawns. The heads will be used for the broth and the body for the rice.
Step 2: Cook the prawn heads
Put a little olive oil in a large pot and heat over medium to high heat. Once the oil is hot, fry the prawn heads and proceed to crush them with a mortar. After 3 minutes add half a glass of wine and let it cook.
Step 3: Prepare the tomato mixture
Blend the tomatoes, the garlic cloves, the parsley and half a glass of white wine. Proceed to add the mixture to the pot of prawn heads, add the water and salt to taste and let the broth boil for 30 minutes.
Step 4: Rest the seafood broth
Let the broth stand for 30 minutes and after this time, strain it.
preparation for rice
Step 5: Preheat the oven
Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius, with heat up and down.
Step 6: Clean the prawns
Clean the body of the prawns very well. Removing the skin and veins.
Step 7: Blend the tomatoes, garlic and parsley
Blend the tomatoes, garlic cloves and parsley together with half a glass of white wine.
Step 8: Saute the Seafood
Place olive oil in the paella pan over low heat and when the oil is hot, sauté the prawns and proceed to remove them. Then do the same process with the other shellfish.
Step 9: Toast the Rice
Saute the onion in the paella pan and proceed to pour the tomato, garlic and parsley mixture until it forms a thick paste. Add the rice and let it toast.
Step 10: Stir the Ingredients
Add two or three cups of broth, prawns and shellfish to the paella pan. Stir all the ingredients very well, until it boils.
Step 11: Bake and Serve the Paella
Take the Paella to the oven and leave it for 15 minutes. Serve and enjoy.
Are you more audiovisual? We leave you a step by step video, so you can learn from the hand of our head chef, Stefano.
As we know that you like European food, we recommend an Italian recipe from Eggplants parmigiana.
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