Lobster Paella

Montjuic

Hi,

For some reason I have to make a Lobster paella for 10 people this Sunday any ideas or recipes?

Thanks

nosietoes

Make sure to make a nice shellfish stock in advance.

I used this as a base last year to make a fantastic paella tho I changed it around a bit to fit the seafood/meat that I had.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/aug/18/how-to-cook-perfect-paella


Enjoy!

duploelabs

nosietoes wrote: »

Make sure to make a nice shellfish stock in advance.

I used this as a base last year to make a fantastic paella tho I changed it around a bit to fit the seafood/meat that I had.

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/aug/18/how-to-cook-perfect-paella

Enjoy!

A good stock is essential, prawn heads and white fish bones, aromatics, water, slow and long heat.
DO NOT use any short grain as this article suggests. Arborio or canaroni (risotto rices) have a far too high starch content and will result in a gooey risotto.
If you want to keep your cost down (considering you've splashed out on the lobster) use a bit of turmeric instead of saffron

nosietoes

I completely agree about the rice - had forgotten they even mentioned that! I often ignore the bits of recipe advice I find ridiculous.

And utterly disagree about the turmeric / saffron swap. They may both be yellow but saffron's flavour is nothing like tumeric's. I would rather you just left out the saffron than throw in some tumeric in just for the show of having yellow rice.

But to each their own

duploelabs

nosietoes wrote: »

I completely agree about the rice - had forgotten they even mentioned that! I often ignore the bits of recipe advice I find ridiculous.

And utterly disagree about the turmeric / saffron swap. They may both be yellow but saffron's flavour is nothing like tumeric's. I would rather you just left out the saffron than throw in some tumeric in just for the show of having yellow rice.

But to each their own

Well I make it on a monthly basis for 125 Spanish folk, including the Spanish ambassador last time, and they didn't seem to notice the difference

BaZmO*

duploelabs wrote: »

Well I make it on a monthly basis for 125 Spanish folk, including the Spanish ambassador last time, and they didn't seem to notice the difference

Or were too polite to say anything.

duploelabs

BaZmO* wrote: »

Or we're too polite to say anything.

Would've lost a very important client if it was