The ever elusive Spanish rice dish:
First of all, I did not the use the proper sized "paella" cooking dish( large and thin, about 13-15" wide). I had to settle with a cast iron skillet.
Secondly, MIL, lent a hand. She went grocery shopping and "mis-purchased" some items, namely, baby clams, instead of mussels.
And finally, Im gonna say, this is the pinnacle of my culinary attempts. I am ready to move on to more complicated dishes...time will tell.
[poseted via iPhone after a bottle of wine and some whiskey , and woman's Olympic sand volleyball
]
Some of the ingredients.
Clams were packaged and already opened :/
Luckily, there was a good amount of juice left in the sealed package that I used as broth.
---------------------------------
In a separate pan, got the onions, garlic, peppers and tomato "sofrito" simmering.
------------------------------------
The ever important chorizo.
(insert chorizo joke here).... :/
-------------------------------------
Important to cook moisture out of tomatoes(pre drained)
--------------------------------------
Clam juice broth, dry wine, parsley simmering in the Viking.
-----------------------------------------
Special rice. Note: we used 1 1/2 cups of rice. Hindsite called for 2 cups...
----------------------------------------
First of all, I did not the use the proper sized "paella" cooking dish( large and thin, about 13-15" wide). I had to settle with a cast iron skillet.
Secondly, MIL, lent a hand. She went grocery shopping and "mis-purchased" some items, namely, baby clams, instead of mussels.
And finally, Im gonna say, this is the pinnacle of my culinary attempts. I am ready to move on to more complicated dishes...time will tell.
[poseted via iPhone after a bottle of wine and some whiskey , and woman's Olympic sand volleyball
]
Some of the ingredients.
Clams were packaged and already opened :/
Luckily, there was a good amount of juice left in the sealed package that I used as broth.
---------------------------------
In a separate pan, got the onions, garlic, peppers and tomato "sofrito" simmering.
------------------------------------
The ever important chorizo.
(insert chorizo joke here).... :/
-------------------------------------
Important to cook moisture out of tomatoes(pre drained)
--------------------------------------
Clam juice broth, dry wine, parsley simmering in the Viking.
-----------------------------------------
Special rice. Note: we used 1 1/2 cups of rice. Hindsite called for 2 cups...
----------------------------------------
