Pork Chickpea And Red Pepper Paella Florence Fabricant Recipes

HUNTER'S PAELLA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Season rabbit with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in saute pan. Add rabbit and brown. Stir in sherry, cover and place in oven 20 minutes, until rabbit is cooked. Remove meat from pan and allow to cool.
• Add stock to cooking liquid from rabbit. Add saffron, bring to a simmer, then remove from heat.
• Heat remaining oil in 17-inch paella pan over medium heat. You may have to place pan on two burners, or use two smaller pans. Add quails and brown. Set aside. Add onion, green and red pepper, garlic, bay leaf and herb sprigs to pan. Cook very slowly, stirring from time to time, until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
• While vegetables are cooking, remove rabbit meat from bones in large chunks.
• Add paprika and tomatoes to paella pan and cook until most liquid in pan has evaporated, about 10 minutes. Add rice and saute briefly. Add stock to pan, stir and simmer 10 minutes. Tuck pieces of rabbit, quail and duck into rice. Place in oven and bake 15 minutes. Remove, cover loosely with foil and set aside 10 minutes. Strew with parsley and serve.

PAELLA MASTER RECIPE

Steps:

• Put 3 tablespoons olive oil in a 12-inch skillet over medium-high heat. When hot, add about 1/2 pound of meat (or a combination of meats), sprinkle with salt and pepper and cook until nicely browned. Add one chopped onion and some minced bell pepper at the same time if you like and cook until soft. (If you want a meatless paella, skip right to the onion.)
• Add 2 cups rice and (if you have it) a pinch of saffron and cook, stirring, until shiny. Add 3 1/2 cups of your liquid of choice, heated, and stir until just combined, then stir in seafood (or lay it on top of the rice). Again, skip the seafood if you want vegetarian paella.
• Cook over medium-high heat, undisturbed. If the pan is too big for your burner, move it around a little; but after that initial stirring, leave it alone. When the mixture starts to dry, begin tasting the rice; if the liquid amount seems O.K., keep going. If the rice seems quite tough, add another 1/2 cup or so of liquid. And if you can smell the bottom starting to burn, lower the heat a bit. About halfway through the cooking (about 10 minutes), add any vegetables, adjust seasonings and stir gently, just once.
• The rice is done when tender and still a bit moist; if the mixture has stuck to the bottom of the pan, congratulations: you have socarrat, a characteristic of good paella. This should be served in the pan, in the middle of the table, and dinner guests - up to six - should fight over it.

MIXED SAUSAGE PAELLA

Steps:

• Heat stock in a saucepan. Add saffron and set aside. Heat oil in a 12- to 14-inch paella pan or cast-iron skillet. Add sausages and sauté on medium heat until lightly browned. Remove.
• Add onion, bell pepper and garlic to same pan. Sauté until soft. Stir in paprika and rice. Stir in tomato purée. Strain stock and add. Return sausages to pan. Stir once, season liquid to taste and cook, uncovered, on medium about 25 minutes, until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.
• Remove from heat and place sheet of parchment paper on surface for 10 minutes. Remove parchment, scatter parsley on top and serve, making sure to include any crusty bits that cling to pan with each portion.

SEAFOOD PAELLA

Steps:

• Place stock in saucepan and bring to a simmer. Remove from heat and add saffron. Set aside. Rub monkfish with 1/2 tablespoon olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Heat remaining oil in 17-inch paella pan, placed over 2 burners if necessary, or divide between two pans. Add onion and garlic and cook over low heat until soft. Add chorizo and saute briefly. Add rice and stir to coat.
• Add stock and stir. Simmer 10 minutes. Check seasoning, adding salt and pepper if necessary. Stir in peas and place strips of peppers, alternating colors, around pan like spokes on a wheel. Place shrimp and monkfish around pan; add mussels, hinge-side down.
• Place in oven and bake until shrimp and monkfish are cooked and mussels have opened, about 15 minutes. Discard any unopened mussels. Remove from oven, cover loosely with foil and set aside 10 minutes. Scatter scallions on top and serve.

PORK, CHICKPEA AND RED PEPPER PAELLA

Steps:

• Combine pork with mashed garlic, 1 tablespoon parsley, 1 tablespoon oil and salt and pepper to taste. Set aside 20 minutes.
• Place 1/2 cup chickpeas in food processor with 1/2 cup stock; puree. Place remaining stock in saucepan, and add chickpea mixture to it. Add saffron, bring to a simmer and keep on low heat.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Heat remaining oil in 13-inch paella pan. Lightly brown pork, then remove to warm platter. Pork will not be fully cooked. Add red peppers to pan and saute over medium heat 1 minute. Add minced garlic, ham, piquillo peppers and remaining parsley. Saute 2 minutes.
• Stir in paprika, browned pork and any pork juices. Add rice and stir to coat. Add broth and remaining chickpeas. Salt to taste. Bring to a boil and cook fairly rapidly, about 5 minutes, until rice is no longer soupy but there is still liquid in pan. Stir.
• Transfer to oven and cook until rice is almost done, about 12 minutes. Remove, cover with foil and set aside 10 minutes before serving.