Life All Travel Destinations Entertaining Food All Chefs Recipes Restaurants Wine Matching Wine All Wine 101 Wine News Wine Regions Wine Varietals Home > Selector Magazine > Food > Spanish Paella Food Spanish Paella Preparation time Cooking time Serves INGREDIENTS 1 tsp saffron threads 1/3 cup white wine or water 1 tsp Spanish smoked paprika or sweet paprika. 3 tbls extra virgin olive oil 2 chorizo sausages, sliced 2 boned chicken thighs, cut into bite-sized pieces 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 onion, chopped 1 red capsicum, sliced into strips 3 medium tomatoes, chopped 500g Spanish paella rice 1¼ L chicken stock, boiling 10 mussels, scrubbed and beards removed 10 green prawns, peeled 1 cup snow peas, trimmed METHOD Place saffron in a bowl with white wine and Spanish paprika and set aside. Heat oil in a large, wide pan and brown chorizo sausage and chicken. Remove from pan and set aside. Add garlic and onion to the same pan and gently sauté until softened. Add capsicum and tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes. Add saffron, white wine and paprika and stir in rice and cook for a further 5 minutes, gently stirring until wine is absorbed. Add boiling stock, gently simmer for 20 minutes, uncovered, occasionally stirring to cook evenly. Arrange mussels, prawns, chicken, chorizo and snow peas on top of paella and cover with foil and continue cooking slowly for 10-15 minutes. If paella is too dry add a little more stock. Turn off heat and leave to rest for 5 minutes before serving. Food Preparation time Cooking time Serves SHARE PERFECT MATCH Medhurst Estate Vineyard Pinot Noir 2016 $37.40 in any 12 $39.60 in any 6 $44.00 each Price | options $37.40 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Trust Shiraz 2014 $34.00 in any 12 $36.00 in any 6 $40.00 each Price | options $34.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Tulloch JYT Selection Red Shiraz 2013 $34.00 in any 12 $36.00 in any 6 $40.00 each Price | options $34.00 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Exclusive Jackson's Hill Reserve Semillon 2014 $30.60 in any 12 $32.40 in any 6 $36.00 each Price | options $30.60 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Box Grove Vineyard The Weaver Syrah 2014 $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart First Creek Shiraz 2015 $29.75 in any 12 $31.50 in any 6 $35.00 each Price | options $29.75 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Château Tanunda The Château Tempranillo Primitivo 2015 $23.80 in any 12 $25.20 in any 6 $28.00 each Price | options $23.80 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Rockcliffe Third Reef Pinot Noir 2017 $23.80 in any 12 $25.20 in any 6 $28.00 each Price | options $23.80 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Yering Farm Duck Down Under Pinot Noir 2017 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Exclusive Jane Brook Mountjoy Shiraz Cabernet 2016 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Gapsted Reserve Pinot Noir 2017 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Krinklewood Francesca Rosé 2017 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Pepper Tree Limited Release Tempranillo 2016 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Red Hill Estate Cool Climate Pinot Noir 2016 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Yering Farm Duck Down Under Pinot Noir 2016 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Exclusive Jackson's Hill Cabernets 2016 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Tinklers PMR Merlot 2015 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Adina Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2015 $21.25 in any 12 $22.50 in any 6 $25.00 each Price | options $21.25 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Rob Dolan True Colours Chardonnay 2016 $20.40 in any 12 $21.60 in any 6 $24.00 each Price | options $20.40 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Eden Trail Riesling 2017 $20.40 in any 12 $21.60 in any 6 $24.00 each Price | options $20.40 in any 12 bottles Qty Add to cart Two Blues Sauvignon Blanc 2014 1 case has been added to your cart. Cart total: xxx 1 case, 12 bottles, 3 accessories Checkout Continue Shopping You might also like Food Chorizo mushrooms Food Portuguese paella Food Miguel Maestre's chickpea and chorizo hotpot Words by Miguel Maestre on 20 Jul 2016