Thursday, November 22, 2012

Where Italy meets Spain

Seafood Pasta Paella




Paella is usually made with Arborio rice, but in this recipe I substituted the rice with pasta marrying Spain and Italy. Well, not really... There's a Valencian dish, FideuĂ , which is basically the same thing. But with some minor revisions, I came up with this dish.

Saffron is the main ingredient in this dish and there's really no substitute for it's flavor but for color you can use annatto oil. I used Saffron oil by mixing the saffron with extra virgin Olive Oil.