Recipe: Tasty Paella with Squid and Squid Ink

Paella with Squid and Squid Ink. Squid ink is as much a food coloring as it is a flavoring element. Work with gloves or over parchment paper to help keep its stain in your food and. Cristina Báez and Jose Chesa are the owners and chefs of Ataula, a Barcelona tapas-style restaurant in Portland.

Squid ink adds a depth of flavor to the rice and while the color may A small jar of squid ink that my husband brought home few months ago sure had been put into good use. I've made squid-ink pasta and squid ink. Aneto's Squid Ink Paella Cooking Base already has everything already in it you need to make black rice or paella: It combines a premium seafood stock with squid ink and saffron, so need to to purchase all those ingredients separately. You can cook Paella with Squid and Squid Ink using 14 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Paella with Squid and Squid Ink

It's 1 of Fresh squid.
Prepare 20 grams of Squid ink.
You need 540 ml of Uncooked white rice.
You need 5 of White asparagus (tinned ones are OK).
Prepare 1 clove of Garlic (coarsely chopped).
You need 2 of + 2 tablespoons Olive oil.
You need 1 of Soup stock cube.
Prepare 1 tsp of Salt.
It's 600 ml of Water.
It's 1 of lemon's worth Lemon wedges.
Prepare of For the easy aioli.
Prepare 4 tbsp of Mayonnaise.
Prepare 1 clove of Garlic (grated).
Prepare 1 tsp of Milk.

Squid ink paella is quick and easy to make. Cooking in a paella pan with asparagus, squid, pepper, prawns and tomato boiling. Squid ink pasta tossed with sage brown butter and served in a baked pumpkin. This is one of those weird ones.

Paella with Squid and Squid Ink step by step

Remove the innards from the squid body. If there is an ink sac, remove carefully from the innards. Keep the ink sac in the fridge..
Slice the squid body into rings (5 mm wide). Use the tentacles and the fins if you like. You don't need to clean the rice as you usually do. Just rinse quickly and drain in a colander..
Cut the asparagus into 2 cm lengths. If you can't obtain an ink sac from your squid or you need more ink, use or add more store-bought squid ink..
Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a frying pan and add the garlic. Sauté over a low heat to infuse the oil..
Add the squid rings and saute quickly. Add the squid ink. Mix well over a low heat..
Increase the heat to high. Add the rice and mix well. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil and stir thoroughly..
Add the water, soup stock cube, and salt and stir all together. Add the asparagus. Once it starts to bubble vigorously, cover with a lid and reduce the heat to low. Cook for 15-20 minutes..
If you don't have a suitable lid, use aluminum foil to cover. The heat should look like this in the photo..
Meanwhile combine the aioli ingredients. By adding a small amount of milk, you can soften the strong flavour of the garlic..
After it's cooked, stir all together and serve at the table at once. Serve with lemon wedges and the aioli..

But if you are looking for something spooky and delicious for Halloween, squid ink pasta is perfect. Pair it with a bright orange pumpkin. A unique way of cooking paella, using squid instead of chicken, beef or pork. To make this paella more appetizing, you can add other seafoods as well like shrimps, mussels or crabs. Although this is a Spanish cuisine, most of our dishes has a Spanish influence so we come to love a dish like squid ink.