31 January 2013

Seafood Paella



My friend Manu who has a lovely blog  Cooking manu, invited me to a lovely event that I really enjoyed so much SWAP "L'ingrediente Segreto/The Secret Ingredient  I have to send a secret ingredient to Paola that live in Milano, a lovely mom that love cook, she sent me Zafferano (Saffron) and was lovely made this seafood paella.
Thanks Paola Im happy to know you and thanks Manu , you can see others recipes of the secret ingredient here.
I sent to Paola ginger and she made a lovely dish:) This was so fun!!





Zafferano-Saffron





Ingredients

1/2 teaspoon of saffron
2  1/2 cups of a good rice
1 liter of fish or veggie broth
300 grams of prawns or shrimp
200 grams of mussels (fresh or tin)
100 grams chopped surimis (crab stick) (optative)
3 tablespoon of oliva oil
1 large red onion in pieces
2 garlic cloves mashed
3 riped tomatos chopped
or 1 tin natural tomatos
1 1/2 tablespoon of parsley chopped
1 teaspoon of fresh dill
salt and pepper

Method

Place the saffron in 2 tablespoons hot water to soak.
Prepare a broth with prawns and mussels or a bucket of vegetables.


In a large skillet or a paella pan put the oil over medium heat, add the onion and fry until tender.

Add the garlic and saffron with the soaking water.
and cook for 1 minute.

Add the chopped tomatoes and cook for about two minutes. -
Add rice and herbs, incorporating much of the broth and cook the rice first uncovered about 10 minutes.
A low heat.
Add salt and pepper, stir and correct the seasoning to add a little more broth.
 Add prawns, mussels,surimis  (optional) simmer for about ten minutes and cover with foil.

Let stand about 6 minutes to finish cooking .






  PRINT RECIPE

En español
Paella de mariscos
(camarones,choritos y kanikama)












Mi amiga Manu que tiene un estupendo blog que se llama Cooking with Manu organizó algo que encontré super entretenido, la idea era mandar un ingrediente secreto a la persona que nos tocara, a mi me tocó la Paola, una mujer encantadora que vive en Milan, y le encanta cocinar!
Ella me mandó Azafrán y yo le mandé jengibre. nos llegaron a ambas el mismo dia los ingredientes asi que tuvimos que hacerlo rápido porque estabamos en la fecha.
Me encantó este evento y por supuesto quise hacer una paella esta vez de mariscos, el color es precioso gracias al azafrán nunca había visto uno tan  lindo.

Ingredientes

 1/2 cucharadita de hebras de azafrán
2  1/2 tazas de arroz de buena calidad
 1 litro de caldo de pescado o de verduras (se puede usar cubo)
300 gramos de camarones o gambas (frescas o congeladas)
29 gramos de choritos naturales o en tarro
100 gramos de kanikama o surimi (optativo)
3 cucharadas de aceite de oliva
1 cebolla morada grande cortada en cubos
2 dientes de ajo aplastados
3 tomates maduros cortados en cuartos
1 1/2 cucharada de perejil picado
1 cucharadita de tomillo
sal y pimienta

Preparacion

 Poner el azafrán   a remojar en 2 cucharadas de agua caliente.
Preparar un caldo ya sea cocinando un poco los camarones o los choritos o preparar un caldo con un cubo de verduras.
En un sartén grande o en una paellera colocar el aceite de oliva.
Agregar la cebolla picada y freir hasta que esté tierna.

Agregar el ajo y el azafran con el agua en que se remojó.
Cocinar por un minuto.
 

73 comments:

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    1. Hey, hey! How could I be first?
      I guess Pat is the worst.
      lol!
      I have never had this but it looks wonderful!
      Wish I was there for dinner!

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    2. Haha You beat Pat all the last times.
      Pfft !v but he doesnt matter:)

      This was really yumm and was fun, I mad to lunch and have a lovely leaftovers to dinner LOL

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    3. Doesn't look like a bad dish and pffffft to Betsy I count way more.

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    4. of course is not a bad dish is yummy and you can eat:)

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  2. Shrimp rice is one of my favorites. So yummy, and yours looks fantastic.

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  3. This looks out of this world delicious! I LOVE
    Paella!
    Mary x

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  4. That looks so delicious and pretty!

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  5. Que colorido más delicioso!!!

    Me encanta esta versión "marina", Gloria.

    Besos.

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    1. Grciasn Mayte, el azafran le da ese colorido!

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  6. I would love to have some of this, it really looks delicious.

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  7. mmm....think i told you the other week, i love paella...havent had it for years....perhaps now we will have to try it here at home...smiles...have a lovely friday gloria...

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    1. Thanks Brian I think perfectly you can make this paella!Is really easy!

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  8. That sounds delicious, and very luxurious and elegant.

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  9. Hi Gloria. This is one of my all time favorite dishes!!!
    xo KRIS

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  10. Gloria, buenos dias.

    I'm hungry - your food always makes me hungry because it looks so delicious. Even the muffins in your previous post look AMAZING :)

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  11. Scrumptious! I could eat that paella for breakfast... ;-P

    Cheers,

    Rosa

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  12. Lovely! Paella is a favorite of ours.

    Best,
    Bonnie

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  13. j'adore les paellas et ne manque pas lors de mes passages sur la cote basque d'en deguster une ....la tienne m'a l'air fabuleuse.....biz

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  14. J'adore cette belle paella!

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  15. what a fun swap! The yellow colour is beautiful in your delicious paella!

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    1. Thanks Christine , is the saffron was lovely!

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  16. Hey Gloria, can you bring some of this over tonight? It looks delicious!!!

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    1. Of course Elsie if I would I will send you LOL

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  17. Splendido piatto e bellissima presentazione!!! Complimenti, un bacio e buona serata

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  18. Honestly, it doesn't matter how full I am from just eating...I look at your recipes and I am hungry all over again...and I am going to make this...just for me!!!

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  19. Que rica paella Gloria!! me encanta y las cerezas de la foto de lo mas apetecibles. Besos

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  20. Se ve espectacular, me encanta!!! el color te quedo tan lindo. Cámara nueva? estan lindas las fotos.

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  21. Another delicious rice dish...looks beautiful Gloria.
    Have a wonderful week!

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  22. Thanks for sharing this, I'd love to make this sometime.

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  23. By the way, I don't see the amount of rice on the ingredient list...

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    1. Sorry Mich I will add now, I thinm I jump sorry!

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  24. adoro questo piatto!!!!!baci e buon week end!ciao!

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  25. What a delicious and hearty meal this would make!

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  26. c'est l'un de mes plats préférés, j'adore
    bonne journée

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  27. This is one seafood rice dish I really love!

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  28. ma quante delizie sforniiiiiiii buon fine settimana baciiiii

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  29. Gloria, your recipes and pictures are phenomenal. I love your seafood paella! Delish :)

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  30. Oh, I love paella! What a perfect combination of ingredients - it's lovely.

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  31. Mmmm... que rico! :-)

    Saludos desde Londres.

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  32. What a lovely colour - the rice is sunshine in a bowl!

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  33. Hola, acabo de descubrir tu blog, tienes publicaciones muy interesantes.

    Me hago seguidora!

    *Pilar*

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