Name: Fisherman’s rice with shellfish and Tio Pepe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 50 ml olive oil; 100 gm pipis and clams, soaked; 8 baby calamari, cleaned and cut into rings, tentacles reserved; 8 medium green prawns, peeled, cleaned, tails intact; 50 ml palomino fino sherry, such as Tio Pepe (see note); 6 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped; 400 gm bomba rice (see note); 1 litre fish stock (see white beans with clams and albariño wine) (4 cups); 1 pinch of Spanish saffron threads; Sofrito; 60 ml olive oil (¼ cup); 25 gm pancetta, finely chopped; 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 1 fresh bay leaf; 1 thyme sprig; ¼ onion, finely chopped; ¼ each of green and red capsicum, seeds removed, finely chopped; 1 very ripe tomato, finely chopped

Fisherman’s rice with shellfish and Tio Pepe

Australian Gourmet Traveller Spanish recipe for fisherman’s rice with shellfish and Tio Pepe by Javier Codina from Gianni restaurant.

Serves 6

Prep

20M

Cook

55M

Total

1H 15M

This is the quintessential fisherman’s meal – simple onions, capsicums, tomatoes and flavours of the sea.

Arroz de pescadores con marisco

Ingredients

50 ml olive oil

100 gm pipis and clams, soaked

8 baby calamari, cleaned and cut into rings, tentacles reserved

8 medium green prawns, peeled, cleaned, tails intact

50 ml palomino fino sherry, such as Tio Pepe (see note)

6 garlic cloves, finely chopped

2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped

400 gm bomba rice (see note)

1 litre fish stock (see white beans with clams and albariño wine) (4 cups)

1 pinch of Spanish saffron threads

Sofrito

60 ml olive oil (¼ cup)

25 gm pancetta, finely chopped

4 garlic cloves, finely chopped

1 fresh bay leaf

1 thyme sprig

¼ onion, finely chopped

¼ each of green and red capsicum, seeds removed, finely chopped

1 very ripe tomato, finely chopped

Method

Main

1.For sofrito, heat oil in a saucepan. Add pancetta, garlic and herbs and stir over low heat until soft (2 minutes). Add onion and cook until soft (5-10 minutes). Add capsicum and cook until soft (5-10 minutes). Add tomato and cook until soft (5-10 minutes). Season to taste and set aside.

2.Meanwhile, heat oil in a wide saucepan, add seafood, stir for 1-2 minutes over high heat, deglaze pan with sherry. Stir through garlic and parsley, season to taste, set aside.

3.Heat 80ml sofrito in a casserole over medium heat (freeze any remaining sofrito for another use). Stir through rice, then add fish stock and stir for 30 seconds. Add saffron, season to taste, then stir occasionally over low heat until rice is al dente (15-20 minutes). Add shellfish and serve immediately.

Note Palomino fino is a dry sherry available from select bottleshops. Bomba rice is a short-grain rice from the Calasparra region, available from delicadofoods.com.au. If unavailable, substitute with another short-grain rice.
Notes