June 24, 2014
We
just got back from a quick trip to Madrid yesterday and are happy to be back in
our newly established Salamanca routine. More on Madrid soon…
On Saturday, the woman we’re staying with had her oldest
daughter’s family come visit from Madrid so she cooked up a big lunch of
paella. She let us into the kitchen to watch her make it so we thought we’d
share some of what we saw. It actually looked pretty simple to make so long as
you get good, fresh ingredients. The crabs that she put in, for example, were still alive when she threw them on the hot pan.
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| fresh ingredients |
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| garlic, onion, and red pepper in olive oil to start |
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| add in some chicken, boiling mussels, too |
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| add in shrimp, clams, and live crabs |
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| mix in the boiled mussels and olives |
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| toss on the rice, water is 2 to 1 (she uses the water she boiled the mussels in) |
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| add a pinch of saffron |
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| let simmer with no lid until done |
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| we had some jamon iberico de bellota to start - delicious! |
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| the finished product |
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| reserved some boiled mussels to have with lemon |
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| each serving of paella was slightly different |
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