Just back from your holiday in Spain? Why not recreate those delicious flavours of seafood paella and imagine you are still by the Mediterranean Sea!

Classic Paella

150g chorizo, diced

2 TBSP oil

500g chicken thighs

1 Onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, crushed

250g Paella rice

2 tsp smoked paprika

1 small glass of white wine

1 red pepper, diced

600ml vegetable stock

3 tomatoes, quartered

Handful of raw prawns, shell on

Handful of Mussels, in shell

Juice of 1/2 lemon

small bunch of parsley, chopped

Method

1. Fry the chorizo in the oil till cooked through and released it’s flavours. Remove.
2. Add the chicken and fry in the chorizo oil till coloured but not cooked through. Remove.
3. Add the onion and garlic and cook gently till soft. Add the rice and coat in the hot oil. Add the smoked paprika.
4. Pour in the wine and allow it to be absorbed. Add the stock, pepper, chorizo and chicken to the pan and cook covered for 10 minutes.
5. Add the tomatoes and cook for a further 5 minutes.
6. Add the shellfish and cook for a further 5 minutes covered.
7. Stir in the lemon juice and chopped herbs and serve with crusty bread.