Name: Paella
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Classic
Ingredients: 30 ml butter; 8 chicken drumsticks; 4 crayfish tails; 2 onions peeled and cubed; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1 red pepper cubed; 410 g tomatoes tinned; 500 ml stock vegetable; 375 ml rice uncooked; saffron ground; 200 g hake fillets, cubed; 250 g peas frozen; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 400 g mussels; 150 g calamari rings; 16 prawns deveined

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Ingredients (16)

30 ml	butter
8	chicken — drumsticks
4	crayfish — tails
2	onions — peeled and cubed
2	garlic — cloves, crushed
1	red pepper — cubed
410 g	tomatoes — tinned
500 ml	stock — vegetable
375 ml	rice — uncooked
	saffron — ground
200 g	hake — fillets, cubed
250 g	peas — frozen
	salt and freshly ground black pepper
400 g	mussels
150 g	calamari — rings
16	prawns — deveined

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Method:

Heat the oil and butter in a large pan and brown the chicken pieces. Remove and keep aside.

Split the crayfish tails in half lengthwise and fry in the same pan. Set aside with the chicken.
Fry the onions in the same pan until soft and caramelized, add the garlic and the red pepper and sauté for 2 minutes.

Add the tin of tomatoes and 400ml of the stock. Return the chicken to the pan and cook, covered, at low heat for 20 minutes.

Add the pinch of saffron to the remaining chicken stock and leave to soak.

Add the rice and simmer for 20 minutes and then add the remaining stock with the saffron, the cubed fish and the peas. Season with salt and pepper and simmer until the rice is cooked and most of the liquid is absorbed.

Add the calamari and mussels and simmer for 4 minutes and then add the crayfish tails and prawns and cook until the prawns turn pink.

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