The New Zealand Seafood Industry Council Ltd

New Zealand Seafood Recipes

PAELLA AOTEAROA

PAELLA AOTEAROA
Ingredients
Preferred measurement of units  

Serves 6-8 

2 onions, roughly chopped

2 whole cooked paddle crabs, body-meat & claws removed

4 small or 2 large squid tubes, cut into rings

12 queen scallops

12 greenshell mussels, scrubbed

12 scampi

500g18 oz creamfish fillets, cut into pieces

1 cup olive oil

4 cups shortgrain rice

6 cups fish or chicken stock

3 bay leaves

¼ cup dry white wine

1 tsp tumeric

3 cloves garlic, crushed

Method
Heat the olive oil in a large pot with ovenproof handles & fry the onion until soft. Add the rice. Stir to coat each grain.

Stir in the stock, wine, bayleaves & tumeric. Bring to the boil & cook over a medium high heat for 10-12 minutes, to almost completely cook the rice.

Stir in the squid, garlic & crab pieces.

Bury the creamfish pieces in the rice, along with the mussels, scallops, clams & scampi, some of which should be left partially exposed.

Bake at 170ºC338°F uncovered, for 20 minutes.
Squid
Omega 3: Good Omega-3
Color when cooked:
  • White
Flesh:
  • Dense flesh
  • May need tenderising
Cooking Methods:
  • Bake
  • BBQ
  • Sushi / raw
  • Fry