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1. How to cook Spanish paella in
10 EASY STEPS!

2. • Here’s a tried and tested easy recipe for a
successful paella!
About the recipe:
• This recipe is for
seafood paella, one of
the most popular ways
to eat it! However, if
you´re not a seafood
fan, you can easily
substitute the seafood
ingredients for chicken
(or extra vegetables if
you are a vegetarian).

3. Ingredients:
To make enough paella for 4 people, we suggest:
 200g rice (risotto/paella rice)
 1 onion, diced
 2 cloves of garlic, crushed
 1 green pepper, chopped
 1 large tomato, chopped
 100g squid, chopped
 100g clams
 100g prawns
 2 Lemons, quartered, to garnish
 500ml vegetable stock (if you can
get hold of seafood or fish stock,
that would be even better!)
 A pinch of saffron (if you can't find
saffron, turmeric is a good
substitute)
 Olive oil
 A little rosemary
 Salt

4. Steps: 1, 2 and 3!
1. Start by de-heading and peeling the prawns.
2. Put the prawns in a saucepan with the stock and bring
to the boil for 5 minutes.
3. Strain the prawns, but make sure you keep the stock,
you´ll need it later!

5. Steps: 4 and 5!
4. Fry the squid in a large frying
pan (without any fat or oil). Once
it is cooked, take it out of the pan
and put it to one side for later.
5. In the same pan, fry the onion,
garlic, green pepper and tomato
with a little olive oil for about 10
minutes.

6. Steps: 6, 7 and 8!
6. Add the saffron, squid and rice, and give everything
a stir.
7. Add the stock that you
cooked the prawns in earlier.
You will need about twice as
much stock as rice, so if you
don´t have enough, add a little
water to the stock.
8. Cook for 15 minutes,
stirring occasionally. In the last
5 minutes, add the clams,
prawns, and rosemary.

7. Steps: 9 and 10!
9. Taste the rice: if it's still a little firm, add a little
extra water and cook for a couple more minutes.
Add salt to taste, and place the lemon quarters
around the dish.
10. Let the rice sit for about 5 minutes, and
then…
….ENJOY!