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spinach and broccoli paella – £50 ebookers voucher giveaway!

6 February 2015 by Dominic Franks

… I think many of us are creatures of habit when it comes to holidays.  I’ve always liked to think of myself as the adventurous sort – I have visions of a ramshackle bus on a dirt road in South America with a chicken as my travelling companion –  but alas when push comes to shove I think I’m less ‘bus full of chickens’ and ‘chicken in a basket’.  The thing is, if you’re going to spend your hard-earned cash on two weeks in the sun there’s a big part of me that wants some guarantees such as sunshine, a comfortable bed and a warm ocean to dip into.  I’m lucky because since I was a young boy my family have had a home on the Spanish island of Mallorca.  Regular readers of this blog will know all about my love for this very special place and the inspiration it has brought to my cooking.  I love the fact that we have so many different cuisines from so many countries so close to the UK and travel is so simple and really quite inexpensive now there is very little reason not to get away and stuff your face…

wether you’re feeling adventurous or in need of guaranteed sunshine the good people at ebookers have given me £50 worth of Bonus+ points to give to one lucky Belleau Kitchen reader… the Bonus+ points can be put towards booking flights and hotels through ebookers.com.  ebookers are the first online travel agent to develop allow customers to earn rewards on flights, hotels and packaged trips all in one place with both business and leisure travellers being rewarded with meaningful discounts, bonuses and exclusive added value services. All you have to do is answer the simple question in the nifty rafflecopter thingy below…


spinach and broccoli paella
I adore a good paella and even though it’s something of a dirty word when you’re on a Spanish holiday you need to get over the naffness of it all and go ahead and order one… the issue I have of course is that The Viking is a vegetarian and there are very few places I can find that will make a good quality vegetarian paella so it’s nice to try and develop something that has all the wonderful flavours of a traditional paella but without the meat…

i’ve used traditional paella rice which is slightly different to risotto rice and if you can find it then do but risotto rice will work here.

1 onion – finely chopped
1 medium carrot – finely chopped
2 sticks of celery – finely chopped
2 garlic cloves – crushed
2 teaspoons smoked paprika
150g button mushrooms – halved
fresh thyme
fresh coriander
250g paella rice
1 glass white wine
600ml good quality vegetable stock
1 head of broccoli
250g bag of baby spinach leaves
a large handful of frozen peas

if you have or can find a large paella pan then go for it but if not a large shallow casserole pan with a lid, like the one i’ve used, will work really well

place the pan on a mid heat and heat up some butter and olive oil, add the carrots, celery and onion and let them sweat for about 5 minutes, then add the smoke paprika, stir and let it cook off for another 3 minutes, then add the garlic, thyme and mushrooms and again let it cook off for another 3 minutes, place the lid on and let is cook gently for 5 mins until all the veg is soft

add the rice, stir then add the wine and let it sit for a moment whilst it bubbles away, then add the stock, tun down the heat, place the lid on and let it cook gently for 10 minutes

take the lid off, add the broccoli, place the lid on and let it steam for another 10 mins, then add the peas, stir in, then add the spinach, place the lid on for a further 5 mins whilst the spinach wilts.

take the lid off, stir it all together, turn up the heat and add a couple of gluggs of olive oil and let it really pick up heat… you want that patina of darkly golden rice on the bottom to get an authentic paella taste… then once you’re happy, serve…

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eat and of course, enjoy!

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  1. Choclette Blogger says

    6 February 2015 at 3:42 pm

    That looks like a very tempting dish, so colourful and beautifully photographed. Oh for a holiday.

  2. Kim Neville says

    6 February 2015 at 4:32 pm

    Would love to be in Mauritius right now

  3. Dolores says

    6 February 2015 at 6:41 pm

    Great dish BUT I'm afraid I disagree with you on one point. That is that if you use risotto rice, not paella rice (like 'bomba'), it will NOT be the same and will be, unsurprisingly, more of a risotto! 😉

  4. Sarah Pybus says

    6 February 2015 at 7:20 pm

    I would love to road trip round America

  5. mummy24 says

    6 February 2015 at 7:22 pm

    Florida!

    Ashleigh

  6. Fiona King says

    6 February 2015 at 7:34 pm

    Australia – ideally Sydney

  7. winnie says

    6 February 2015 at 9:52 pm

    japan – osaka

  8. Baking Addict says

    6 February 2015 at 11:14 pm

    Now this is a new and delicious take on paella. I definitely need to try this especially since I've been thinking we need to cut back on eating meat.

  9. mai says

    7 February 2015 at 5:18 am

    peru

  10. Hilary Graham says

    7 February 2015 at 11:01 am

    Maldives. Recipe sounds great 🙂

  11. Hilda Hazel Wright says

    7 February 2015 at 12:31 pm

    South of France, its beautiful and I long to go back there!

  12. emily13 says

    7 February 2015 at 2:54 pm

    I'd love to go to Mauritius

  13. Simon says

    7 February 2015 at 3:08 pm

    Galapagos Islands 🙂

  14. Susan Lindquist says

    7 February 2015 at 4:27 pm

    Looks phenomenal, Dom! Perfect for a Meatless Monday meal! Last evening, SB and I hit the local inn for dinner and Ihad a linguine primavera … with many of the vegetables in your paella. So good … but about that paella… I've only ever used a balsamic rice when I've tried to make paella. Is paella rice whiter and stickier?

  15. frances hopkins says

    7 February 2015 at 8:58 pm

    New Zealand x

  16. Richard Tyler says

    8 February 2015 at 12:48 am

    Thailand – it looks amazing, we were meant to go there for honeymoon, but never made it!

  17. Stephanie Whitehouse says

    8 February 2015 at 9:45 am

    I'd love to see the Galapagos Islands

  18. Caroline Muspratt says

    8 February 2015 at 1:05 pm

    Australia, I want to cuddle a koala!

  19. Emma Davison says

    8 February 2015 at 3:50 pm

    Galap

  20. Emma Davison says

    8 February 2015 at 3:51 pm

    Galapagos

  21. emily4444 says

    8 February 2015 at 9:58 pm

    maldives!

  22. Tony Stacey says

    8 February 2015 at 10:26 pm

    Maldives! Love the recipe!

  23. Kristy Brown says

    10 February 2015 at 3:23 pm

    New Zealand!!

  24. Tricia @ Saving room for dessert says

    11 February 2015 at 1:32 pm

    First I LOVE this recipe. I could eat this everyday and be happy about it! We are still trying to decide where to go next. We've recently been to Ireland and Iceland – so something that doesn't start with an “I”? We will be vacationing on the Gulf of Mexico this summer – so I think I'll vote for a trip to the Pacific Northwest corner of America 🙂

  25. weir shane says

    11 February 2015 at 4:50 pm

    Australia – ideally Sydney – leanne w

  26. yvonne says

    11 February 2015 at 5:08 pm

    i would love to go to Australia

  27. cissybo says

    11 February 2015 at 8:56 pm

    turin! x

  28. Jaime Hyland says

    11 February 2015 at 9:52 pm

    Hawaii!

  29. Jamie Millard says

    11 February 2015 at 11:51 pm

    VEGAS BABY!

  30. Emily Clark says

    12 February 2015 at 1:09 pm

    Jamaica!!

  31. Krystina Smith says

    12 February 2015 at 1:31 pm

    I've always wanted to go to San Francisco.

  32. Sam Furniss says

    12 February 2015 at 3:01 pm

    Tahiti, ever since I was a child and I was given a photo atlas for Christmas I've wanted to go there.

  33. Amy Beckett says

    12 February 2015 at 7:36 pm

    Southport Please

  34. Lynne O'Connor says

    12 February 2015 at 10:16 pm

    Galapagos Islands

  35. Reese @ BellaLunaKnox says

    13 February 2015 at 7:06 am

    VENICE!

  36. TheEightHoursBlog says

    24 March 2015 at 1:36 am

    It was only after I read this post it hit me that I don't think I've ever had paella as there's rarely veggie ones. So this is perfect. Thank you

    https://theeighthours.wordpress.com/

  37. Petra Kirsnerova says

    29 April 2015 at 4:07 am

    It's really good but when do you add the coriander? I'm going to put it in with peas. Thanks for recipe!

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