Paella A La Catalonia Recipes

AUTHENTIC PAELLA VALENCIANA

Steps:

• Heat a paella pan over medium-high heat, and coat with olive oil. Add the chicken, rabbit and garlic; cook and stir until nicely browned. Move the browned meat to the sides of the pan, and add the tomato, butter beans, peas, and green beans. Season with paprika, and mix well.
• Fill the paella pan almost to the top with water, measuring the water as you put it in. This is to help you to determine how much rice to add, as paella pans come in different sizes. Bring to a boil. Simmer for about 1 hour to make a nice broth.
• Season with a generous amount of salt, and just enough saffron to make a nice yellow color. Season with thyme and rosemary if desired. The goal is to make a rich tasting broth that will soak into the rice to make it delicious. Stir in half as much rice as the amount of water in the pan. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer until all of the liquid has been absorbed, about 20 minutes.

CATALAN PAELLA RECIPE - (3.9/5)

Steps:

• Heat oil in large frying pan over medium heat. Add chicken pieces and saute until almost done. Add garlic and onions, and saute until soft. Add the rice and saffron, stirring to coat with oil, about one minute (tumeric can be used instead of saffron). Add tomatoes, wine and broth. Bring to a boil, scraping the bottom of the pan. Add pepper strips, artichoke hearts and peas. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes. Add shrimp, clams and mussels and cook for 15 minutes or until rice is done. Garnish with fresh parsley and serve.

HOMEMADE SPANISH CREMA CATALANA RECIPE

Steps:

• Put the milk on the stove in a small saucepan, along with the citrus peels and the cinnamon stick. Slowly bring to a boil.
• Dissolve the cornstarch in a splash of water and set aside.
• While the milk is slowly heating, beat the egg yolks with the sugar, until the mixture turns pale yellow. Beat in the dissolved cornstarch and a spoonful of the hot milk.
• Remove the citrus peels and cinnamon stick from the hot milk, and lower the heat.
• Slowly add the egg yolk mixture to the milk, making sure to keep stirring so that the eggs don't scramble!
• Stir constantly over a low heat, until the mixture has thickened.
• Remove from the heat and pour the mixture into traditional clay dishes or ramekins.
• Allow the custard to cool, and then cover in plastic wrap and chill the crema catalanas for about four hours (preferably overnight).
• Before serving, I like to let mine come to room temperature (unless it's summer-- that would be too hot!). Then sprinkle a thin layer of sugar on top of each ramekin. Spread the sugar out by tilting the ramekins in all directions. Caramelize with a small kitchen blowtorch (though the truly authentic crema catalanas are made with a hot iron (see photo below).
• Top with fresh fruit (optional) and enjoy!

PAELLA A LA CATALONIA

Steps:

• Chop the chicken breast and pork into 1-inch cubes.
• Saute chicken, pork and onion in olive oil until crispy brown.
• Cut each lobster tail in three pieces, right through the shell, cutting away undershell.
• Add lobster, tomato and garlic to chicken and pork, and cook 2 minutes.
• Dissolve saffron in 2 Tbsp.
• boiling water, strain.
• Add saffron with rice, peas, salt and mussels, stir to coat rice with oil.
• Pour on boiling water and again bring to boil, cook over moderately high heat 10 minutes.
• Stir or shake to prevent sticking, cover tightly, keep in a warm place on stove 15 to 20 minutes longer until all liquid is absorbed.
• A very heavy skillet or cast-iron casserole will hold enough heat to complete cooking the rice; with a less heavy pan it may be necessary to have very low heat under it during this last stage- or place skillet or casserole in an oven set at 300ºF.
• Can be cooked entirely in a 10-inch skillet or a similarly sized pan.