New Zealand Seafood Recipes
PAELLA
Ingredients
500g16 oz medium to firm textured, skinless, boneless fish fillets
12 mussels, tutas or pipis
150g5 oz cooked prawns (optional)
½ cup white wine
½ cup water
¼ cup oil
200g6½ oz chicken fillets, cut in strips
2 onions, chopped
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1 green pepper, deseeded & cut into strips
1 red pepper, deseeded & cut into strips
4 cups long grain rice
1 x 440g15½ oz can tomatoes & juice
¼ tsp powdered saffron or turmeric
5 Tbsp chicken stock powder
5 cups water
Salt & pepper to taste
Method
Cut fish into 2cm cubes.
Wash shellfish. Remove beards, if present. Place shellfish in a saucepan with wine & water. Cover & heat until shellfish open 1-2cm. Drain shellfish & reserve liquid. Remove shellfish meats from 8 shells & cut into quarters (leave 4 in shells for garnishing).
Heat oil in a large, heavy based frypan, add fish & fry quickly on all sides until just cooked. Remove from pan & drain on absorbent paper.
Add chicken & fry until golden brown. Remove from pan & drain.
Add onions, garlic, green & red peppers & rice to frypan & cook for 3 minutes or until rice is transparent.
Measure reserved shellfish cooking liquid & add sufficient water to make up 2 cups liquid. Add to the frypan with the tomatoes & juice, saffron or turmeric, chicken stock powder & water.
Mix thoroughly & heat until boiling. Lower heat, cover & simmer gently for 10 minutes or until liquid is absorbed & rice is tender.
Stir in cooked fish, chopped shellfish & chicken & allow to heat through 1-2 minutes. Season with salt & pepper.
Serve on a large platter garnished with the 4 shellfish still in their shells.
Pipi
- Shell/Cream
- Delicate
- Shellfish
- Bake
- BBQ
- Soup/chowder
- Marinate
- Poach
- Steam
- Fry
Prawns
Dory, John
- White
- Medium
- Bake
- Fry
- Marinate
- Microwave
- Poach
- Sushi / raw
