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Vegetarian
Paella Recipe
Here's a great Vegetarian Paella that shows you can enjoy real
traditional and authentic Spanish dishes without eating any meat or
poultry. The little bit of work involved is in the preperation - after
that it's a dawdle. Delicious fresh vegetables deliver an easy healthy
and satisfying meal with all the tastes and aromas of the Mediterranean.
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Ingredients
for Four
People
- One large onion - chopped
- 4 Cloves of garlic - chopped
- 1 Red pepper cut into 1" dice
 50g./2ozs.
of broad beans- 50g./2ozs.
of peas
- One courgette/zucchini - diced
- 1/2 lb. of mushrooms
chopped
- 1 Carrot finely diced
- 2 Large tomatoes - diced
- 200g./8ozs. of paella rice
- 1 Pint of vegetable stock or 1 - 2 vegetable
stock cubes
- 12 Threads of saffron
- 2 Lemons cut in quarters
lengthwise
- 1 Bunch of parsley
- Salt and black pepper
- Extra virgin olive oil
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Vegetarian
Paella Method
- Now
- on a high heat - fry the onions mushrooms, red pepper,
carrot and
courgette/zucchini - stirring frequently for about five
minutes, you want
them to color but not burn.
- Reduce
the heat to low and add the garlic
stirring for two minutes.
- Add
the tomatoes and stir for a further two minutes.
- Then
the rice - which you stir for a couple
of
minutes until it begins to turn opaque.
- Remove
from the heat and boil up the stock
with the
Saffron for about ten minutes.
- Now
- replace the Pan on a high heat - add
the peas
and beans half of the stock and give a final stir.
- Let
the liquid reduce (don't stir it again)
and
add the rest of the stock.
- Cook
until the rice has absorbed 90% of the
liquid and then remove from the heat.
- Cover
the Pan with a clean cloth and leave
for ten
minutes or so, until the rice has absorbed all the liquid.
- Now
- chop some parsley and sprinkle liberally
on
top of your Paella.
- Serve
with the lemon quarters.
ˇEstupendo!
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