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Paella on the square centimeter

All the flavors of a large paella reduced to mini bites; that is paella by the square centimeter.This mini snack consists of a light and crispy block of paella rice, chorizo cream, and a mini fish fried in a smoked paprika (pimentón) batter. Recipe for about 50 bites.

Ingredients

250gRisotto rice
Saffron powder
Salt
light chicken stock
145gGrated semi-mature cheese
paella seasoning

400mlSunflower oil
100gFull-fat yogurt
100gEgg white
1units.itemsspicy chorizo sausage

50gcorn grits
Salt
0.5Pimentón (smoked paprika)
150gSifted flour
400mlButtermilk
1Powdered sugar

Butter
Stock
frozen field peas

Preparation

  1. Season and color the stock with the saffron powder.
  2. Sauté the rice in a little oil with paella spices to taste and deglaze with stock.
  3. Repeat this until the rice is (over)cooked and all the liquid is absorbed (note: the rice should be overcooked).
  4. When the rice is cooked, put it warm into a food processor with the cheese and salt if desired.
  5. Blend to a pipeable batter.
  6. Let the batter cool and pipe it into a square mini silicone mold. Fill up to three-quarters full.
  7. Place in the microwave and cook for 2 minutes (we assume a professional high-power microwave

  1. Cut the sausage into pieces.
  2. Render this in a frying pan.
  3. Transfer the rendered sausage and the released fat into a blender.
  4. Blend together with the sunflower oil and strain until only oil remains.
  5. Mix the yogurt with the egg white in a measuring jug.
  6. Using an immersion blender, add the chorizo oil until you have a 'mayonnaise structure' (you may not need all the chorizo oil).
  7. Store in the refrigerator.

  1. Mix all ingredients into a frying batter.
  2. Dip small smelt fish (can be frozen) in the batter and fry in oil at 180ÀöC.

  1. Pipe some chorizo cream onto the rice block.
  2. Place a fried fish on top.
  3. Garnish with a field pea stewed in broth and butter.