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- From: Maria R. Zack <mrz@ccrwest.org>
- Subject: COLLECTION: Paella
- Message-ID: <9310041550.AA03180@opus.ccrwest.org>
- Organization: Taronga Park BBS
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 93 08:50:29 PDT
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-
- My family spent one generation in Cuba after emigrating from Spain and
- here are the recipes. I have sent two. One is my great-grandma's and
- the other is my lightened version of the recipe -- the old one had a
- bit too much meat and way too much oil for my taste (an modern heath
- considerations). I also added a little more garlic and onion :^).
- Both versions fill a dutch oven for cooking.
-
- 1 1/4 lb chicken, cubed*
- 1/2 lb lean pork, cubed*
- 3/8 c olive oil
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1/2 clove of garlic
- 1 tbs minced parsley
- 1 pimento, chopped
- 1/2 med onion minced
- 1/2 tsp saffron (the good stuff)
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 quarts real chicken broth
- 2 cups rice (Uncle Ben's is the best)
- 6 large or 12 small stuffed olives, minced
- 2 7oz lobster tails, cut in pieces
- 1/2 lb large shrimp, cut in pieces
- 1T dry sherry
- 1/2 c cooked green peas
-
- Directions: In dutch oven (I have a heavy magnalite one and metal
- works best for this) brown chicken and pork in 1/4 c of olive oil. Sprinkle
- with paprika and add garlic and a little of the onion while cooking.
- Remove chicken and pork from pan. To the pan add the rest of the oil
- and onion with the parsley. Cook until the onion is soft. Add the
- rice and glaze the rice (if you haven't done this is is a process of
- sort of stir frying the rice before you cook it -- similar to what you
- do with bulgar -- it usually takes about 5 minutes at medium heat).
-
- Return chicken and pork to the pot. Add the chicken broth, saffron
- and salt (ground together with mortar and pestle) and olives. Heat until
- boiling. Cover and place in the oven at 350. This will take 30 min
- to 45 min to cook depending on the kind of rice that you use and how
- well your dutch oven makes use of heat.
-
- Steam the shrimp and the lobster. When rice is done add the lobster,
- shrimp, sherry and peas. Bake and additional 5-10 minutes.
-
- Note: Sometimes my grandma would add clams or other shell fish to the
- mix.
-
- Serves 6-8
-
-
- My slightly modified version:
-
- 1 lb chicken, cubed*
- 1/2 lb lean pork, cubed*
- 1-2 t olive oil
- 1 tsp paprika
- 2 clove of garlic
- 1 tbs minced parsley
- 1 pimento, chopped
- 1 med onion minced
- 1/2 tsp saffron (the good stuff)
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 quarts real chicken broth
- 2 cups rice (Uncle Ben's is the best)
- 6 large or 12 small stuffed olives, minced
- 1/2 lb lobster, cut in pieces \____sometimes I just use 1 lb shrimp.
- 1/2 lb large shrimp, cut in pieces /
- 1T dry sherry
- 1/2 c cooked green peas
-
- I prepare it as directed but I cook the chicken and pork with a little
- broth in the pan rather than the oil. The same thing applies to
- cooking the onions. I save the oil for glazing the rice (you don't
- need much).
-
- Prepared this way you get 8 servings of about 400 calories.
-
- *cubes should be about 1/2 in by 1/2 in.
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-