Catalonia 23: PAELLA WITH VEGETABLES 🌞

[justaprogressive]

PAELLA WITH VEGETABLES
Paella amb Verdures

This is my version of an excellent all-vegetable
paella served every Wednesday at El Plat
in Valencia, one of the city's most able specialists
in Valencian cuisine

TO SERVE 4-6 (AS MAIN COURSE), 6-8 (AS
APPETIZER), OR 8-10 (AS SIDE DISH)

2 onions, chopped
3 leeks, white parts only, chopped
4 tomatoes, seeded and grated or peeled, seeded, and chopped
Olive oil
6 medium artichoke hearts, halved and sprinkled with lemon juice
3 red (if possible) or green bell peppers, roasted, peeled, and cut
into strips as for Escalivada
1/2 head cauliflower, broken into florets
1/2 cup fresh or frozen peas
5 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 sprigs parsley, minced
Salt
1 pound short-grain rice

In a paella, cassola, or other wide, flat-bot-
tomed pan, make a sofregit of onions, leeks,
and tomatoes in oil

Stir in the artichoke hearts and pepper
strips (reserving 10-12 strips for decoration).

Stir in the cauliflower florets and peas, and
add 1 cup stock.

Bring to a boil; then simmer for 10 minutes

Stir in the garlic and parsley, then add the
remaining stock, Salt to taste.

Stir in the rice; then cook over medium.
high flame without stirring for 20-25 minutes
or until rice is done and liquid has evaporated.

Arrange the reserved red pepper strips on
top of the rice about 5 minutes before cooking
is completed.

When paella is finished, let stand 5-10
minutes off heat before serving.

From "Catalan Cuisine" by Colman Andrews

Ah Paella! Replace the chicken stock and you've got a delightful vegan dish!

[niyad]

1. The recipe mentioned vegetable stock.

[justaprogressive]

3. I should have put

if you use the vegetable stock...very sleepy this AM

[niyad]

5. Not a problem. The recipe looks great, so thank you.

[quaint]

2. I don't get why the garlic is added so late, otherwise yum.

[justaprogressive]

4. ...because you shouldn't boil

either garlic or parsley! HTH

[quaint]

6. Parsley, I understand.

When I feel poorly, I boil onions and garlic, so I usually add to cooking when I add onions.
Bummer, all these years I've done it wrong.

[justaprogressive]

8. A great headache cure...

it's not "wrong" per se, but the garlic flavor will be more uhh complete. You could try cooking
the onions then sprinkling dehydrated granulated garlic over the onions and you'll see what I mean...

[Ziggysmom]

7. No saffron & paprika? I'd add some beans to it too. Gonna try it this week.

Thanks for the recipe