Recipe for Paella

The paella is a typical dish of Spanish cuisine. Today this dish is prepared in various versions: there is the version with only meat and vegetables, one with only fish and vegetables, or the complete version that includes meat, fish, and vegetables. A salient feature of this preparation is its ability to harmoniously integrate a variety of ingredients with different flavours into a single recipe, making this dish one of the most loved in cuisines around the world.

Ingredients (for six to eight people):

• half a kilo of rice
• half a kilo of peas
• one red pepper
• one yellow pepper
• one green pepper
• two hundred grams of green beans
• one kilo of plum tomatoes
• half a kilo of clams
• half a kilo of mussels
• four medium-sized squid
• half a kilo of scampi
• half a kilo of prawns
• one whole chicken weighing about one kilo
• half a kilo of pork loin in pieces
• half a kilo of sausages, preferably spicy
• one and a half litres of vegetable broth
• two medium-sized onions
• four cloves of garlic
• extra virgin olive oil as needed
• a bunch of parsley
• one leek
• one stick of celery
• one glass of white wine
• salt as needed
• black pepper in grains as needed
• three sachets of saffron

Preparation

1. Make the broth with the chicken, leek, celery, and onion.
2. Put in a pot and boil for about an hour.
3. Clean the mussels and squid and purge in water and salt along with the mussels.
4. Clean the peppers and boil the green beans and peas.
5. In a pan, sauté the garlic and then add the mussels and clams.
6. Combine all the previously cooked ingredients in the pan.
7. Strain the broth, add the saffron and rice.
8. Put everything in a baking dish in the oven at 200° for about 30 minutes.

Enjoy your meal!

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