Paella de Mariscos (Seafood Paella) Recipe
So many of my clients have asked me how to cook a seafood paella. Now that we have all the ingredients and pans available in my online shop Elena’s Mercado, I have put together a recipe that you can cook at home on one of our paella pans right on you stove top
Serving Size: 6 – 8 People
Ingredients
200 ml La Espanola Virgin Olive Oil
1 Glove of Garlic crushed
Half an Onion finely chopped
One 3 gm sachet of Antonio Sotos Paella Seasoning
Two teaspoons of Antonio Sotos Sweet Paprika
1 of each Small Red and Green capsicums chopped
2 Cups Arroz El Socarrat – Paella Rice ( 1 Cup of rice per 4 serves)
One Litre of Fish Stock
6 – 8 Prawns
6 – 8 Calamari Rings
3 – 4 Baby Octopus Chopped
200 Grams of Salmon and or Whiting
6 – 8 Mussels
Method:
Heat olive oil in the paella pan on medium heat
Cook Garlic and Onion and allow to soften
Add Capsicums and stir through the onion and garlic and allow to soften
Sprinkle the Sweet Paprika Paella Seasoning over the pan
Stir and wait for 2 minutes
Pour in the Paella Rice all over the Paella Pan and stir for 2 minutes over low heat
Add Fish Stock and stir
Cook over high heat, once it starts to boil add desired seafood
Stir seafood through the rice and make sure that the liquid covers the rice and seafood
Salt to your taste
Place Mussels on top
Allow to cook until the rice has absorbed the liquid
Let it stand for a few minutes before serving
Enjoy your Seafood Paella!