Paella Cooking Class

Paella soooooo Spanish

Look at that smile ... someone LOVES to cook

 

 

Look at that smile ... someone LOVES to eat!!

 

 

Simple once you know a few of the tricks

Trick one get Spanish help ... meet Amparo our chef for the day

 

 

1st get the stock on ... but here in Spain turnips are included and no celery.

 

 

 

 

Oil and garlic

 

 

Green chilly and salt

 

 

Now chicken

 

 

Cook a bit on low heat to start to cook the chicken (don't brown)

 

Red capsicum

 

 

 

Tomato pulp

 

 

 

Create a sauce add to the garlic and parsley in the pestle and mortar

 

 

 

 

Flood with stock

 

 

 Get more advice on the heat

 

 

 Make it look pretty

 

 

Stand back and let it cook for 20ish min's

 

 

 

 

Open a bottle but no for the Paella ... this one's for the cooks

 

 

So the tricks

"look and listen to the Paella"

Look that the heat is not to high and listen till you hear that the sound of the Paella changes from bubbling to sizzling as we are wanting a crust on the bottom and DONT stir one the rice goes in once you hear the sizzle turn the heat off and  

then cover with foil and a cloth

 

 

Open another bottle as we have another 20min's top wait

 

 

 

Happy Days!!!