Shellfish And Chicken Paella With Saffron Rice And Chorizo

By á-170456

Ingredients

• SAFFRON RICE:
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 large Spanish onion diced
• 4 cups long-grain rice
• 1 pinch saffron - (large)
• 8 cups hot chicken stock
• Salt to taste
• Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
• LEMON AIOLI:
• 4 garlic cloves peeled
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon chopped lemon zest
• 3/4 cup olive oil
• Freshly-ground white pepper to taste
• PAELLA:
• 4 plum tomatoes halved lengthwise
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1/2 cup olive oil divided
• 2 whole chickens - ( 2 1/2 lbs ea)
• 4 lobsters - (1 1/2 lbs ea)
• 1/2 pound chorizo cut 1/2" thk slices
• Salt to taste
• Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
• 4 baby squid cleaned
• 8 medium shrimp peeled, deveined
• Saffron Rice (see above)
• 2 cups chicken stock or clam stock
• 1 cup fresh peas
• 24 mussels debearded, scrubbed
• 24 littleneck clams scrubbed
• 4 tablespoons lemon aioli
• Chopped flat-leaf parsley

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

Saffron Rice: Heat the olive oil and butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook until soft. Add the rice and stir to coat. Add the saffron to the simmering stock and let cook for 1 minute. Add the hot stock to the rice and let come to a boil. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pan and let cook for 15 to 18 minutes, remove cover and fluff with a fork.

Lemon Aioli: Place the garlic, salt, yolks, lemon juice and zest in a food processor or blender and process until smooth. Slowly add the oil, drop by drop at first, until thickened. Season with salt and white pepper to taste. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Make the Paella: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Place the tomatoes in a small baking dish and drizzle with the honey and 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and roast until soft. Set aside.

Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Heat 3 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large ovenproof pan until almost smoking. Season the chickens with salt and pepper to taste, place in the pan and brown all sides. Degrease the pan and place in the oven and roast the chickens until cooked through, 25 to 30 minutes. Let rest 15 minutes, then cut into quarters.

Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the lobsters and cover the pot. Bring the water back to the boil, reduce the heat, and continue cooking for 12 to 15 minutes or until cooked through.

Cook the chorizo in a medium sauté pan over medium-high heat until browned. Remove the chorizo to a plate lined with paper towels.

Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil in a large sauté pan or paella pan until almost smoking. Season the shrimp with salt and pepper and sauté for 1 minute. Season the squid with salt and pepper to taste and add to the pan. Continue cooking an additional 2 to 3 minutes until just cooked though.

Add the rice, stock, peas, tomatoes, chicken, lobsters and chorizo and stir to combine. Add the mussels and clams, cover the pot and continue cooking until the clams and mussels open.

Fold in the parsley and lemon aioli and mix until combined, season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve immediately.

This recipe yields 8 servings.