Archive for July 27th, 2010

So someone who knows me quite well knows that I love to cook things at home, and like anyone who is interested in food, I enjoy new, interesting and exotic ingredients. Well, Saffron may not be the new kid on the block, but the good stuff is not in the realm of my general trip to the grocery budget, if ya know what  I mean; and a long story short, I got some as a gift for valentines day. Lacking a paella pan, and knowing that is exactly what I wanted to use it for, it has thus been nestled snugly into my spice cabinet awaiting its debut.

Alas, the day of the saffron has arrived. My dear friend Jen got a a paella pan. I brought an interesting, dry french rose’ (strong finish of banana, its good, but different), chorizo and saffron. She got the seafood, the pan and other necessary ingredients.

If your not familiar with paella, then in a nut shell, is a Spanish style rice dish with a saffron broth and then meat, seafood or mixed with fresh peas, red peppers and arborio rice. Most commonly you see chicken legs/thighs used along with mussels, clams, shrimp and chorizo.

Our paella was mixed using the three listed seafoods and chorizo, we, out of laziness, opted to avoid the preparation of chicken. And thus, it was quite tasty, but trial two shall be using the rendered fat of chick thighs.