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BLACK RICE WITH SEAFOOD

Seafood Black rice
It is a simple version of paella with the ink of the cuttlefish, easy to prepare and cook, it is absolutely delicious

 
for 4
Ingredients
 
300 g rice (any rice you have but the round one for risotto is perfect)
1 onion finely cut
2 bags of Cuttlefish ink
1 beautiful white fish fillet, diced
12 prawns un-shelled
12 cockles or pipis
1 medium squid cut into strips
600 ml vegetable or fish stock
1 white wine glass
Olive oil
Salt and pepper

 
Method
 
  1. Heat a paella pan or any pan which can go in the oven, with a little olive oil and sweat the onion until translucide.
  2. Add the squid, cut into strips.
  3. Fry until light brown.
  4. Add the rice, spreading it out in a thin layer on the bottom of the dish for even cooking. Pour in the fish stock (approx. 600 ml, twice the volume of the rice),
  5. add the squid ink, stir, then, without stirring, leave to simmer for 10 minutes.
  6. Bake at 180°C for a further 10 minutes.
  7. In the meantime, heat the cockles in a pan to open them up with a little bit of water and the glass of white wine, once cooked, transfer the cockles and the liquid onto the paella pan,
  8. quickly pan-fry the fish and shell the shrimps. Remove from the oven and add, pan-fried fish pieces, shrimps, or other seafood of your choice.
  9. You can leave the pan in the oven at 150C to keep it warm for no more than 5/8 minutes
  10. Garnish with aioli (or serve alongside).
  11. Serve hot, with a spoon.