Paella
It was a drab, grey, stormy, dreary sunday. The windows were wet the entire day. Some bords on my little balcony fell over. I did very little. I watched some sunday morning tv. I listened to some music. I cooked paella.
This evening i watched Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I have seen it before. Some parts were entertaining. I did enjoy the fight!
I’ll leave you with the paella recipe. My apologies for the out of focus pictures. It’s a nice recipe, which you can adjust to your liking.
Bye bye!
Ingredients
- rice, preferably paella, a risotto type rice will do as well
- a red and yellow pepper, sliced
- an onion
- some gloves of garlic
- a red pepper
- 3 – 4 tomatoes, either tinned of fresh
- fresh peas, which you can only get a few weeks a year – green beans will be good too
- chorizo – you can add other protein, like chicken, squid, shrimp – basically anything that tickles your fancy – i do like the chorizo since it adds lots of flavour
- coriander (cilantro)
- fennel seeds
- paprika powder
- turmeric
- salt and pepper
Preparation
- slice the chorizo and bake them in a wide pan for around 5-8 minutes, no need to add any oil
- remove the chorizo from the pan, leaving in the oil – if this is not enough for the next steps, add a bit more olive oil
- slice the onion and add to the pan
- add the sliced bell pepper and red pepper
- add the sliced garlic and fennel seeds
- add the rice, i took 200 grams, which makes enough for me alone for three days, might even be four
- add the turmeric and the paprika powder
- add around half an liter of hot water and leave that to simmer for around 15 minutes – if you wish you can add chicken broth
- shell the peas while the paella cooks along
- add the chorizo and the shelled peas
- slice the coriander and add this too, leave to simmer for a bit longer
- add salt and pepper after you tasted
- enjoy!