Paella valenciana

Rice of paella for 4 people

Ingredients

1 Cup Olive Oil
4 pieces of Chicken
4 pieces of Rabbit (if it is available)
¼ of Pound Shrimp
½ of Pound Mussels or Clamps
1 or 2 legs of Crab
½ of Pound White Fish (any kind)
1 can (small) Peas
1 can Lima Beans
1 can Italian Beans
½ can diced tomatoes
1 small spoon Saffron
1 pound of Spanish rice, (if it is available or any kind)
1 lemon
Fresh Rosemary
Salt
Water

Put the Olive Oil in the paellapan and heat.

Fry the chicken and the rabbit and the tomato sauce at the same time, during several minutes; the meat has to be well done. Add a little salt.

At the same time cut the whitefish in small pieces and when the meat is almost ready, add the fish and fry it too.

When the meat and fish is well-done, add the vegetables and shrimp, move a couple of times, and after 1minute, add water and saffron, (fill the paella pan completely)

You have to boil everything with high fire during 20 – 30 minutes, is very important that you taste how salty the water is. Then add crab legs and the mussels and clamps.

After 20 or 30 minutes the paella is ready for the final touch, you need to add the rice. There is a very special form to do it. You have to make a mountain that is going to cross the paella pan, drawing a diameter. This special mountain of rice has to be over the water one inch, with that technique you don't have a problem to know how much rice you need. After you have measure the rice like this, move it with a spoon and split it into the whole paella.

Add water again, but in this case you put water until you reach the handles, (very important don't put more water than that).

Lower the fire and add in the middle of the paella the rosemary as you put a nice garnish. The rice has to cook 20 minutes. Watch the water and the fire, the rice has to cook 20 minutes but don't burn it!!

Cut the lemon in 4 pieces and serve the rice with one-piece of lemon on the dish, before you eat the rice squeeze the lemon, brings the flavor of everything. Enjoy it!!