
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
- Season and color the stock with the saffron powder.
- Sauté the rice in a little oil with paella spices to taste and deglaze with stock.
- Repeat this until the rice is (over)cooked and all the liquid is absorbed (note: the rice should be overcooked).
- When the rice is cooked, put it warm into a food processor with the cheese and salt if desired.
- Blend to a pipeable batter.
- Let the batter cool and pipe it into a square mini silicone mold. Fill up to three-quarters full.
- Place in the microwave and cook for 2 minutes (we assume a professional high-power microwave
- Cut the sausage into pieces.
- Render this in a frying pan.
- Transfer the rendered sausage and the released fat into a blender.
- Blend together with the sunflower oil and strain until only oil remains.
- Mix the yogurt with the egg white in a measuring jug.
- Using an immersion blender, add the chorizo oil until you have a 'mayonnaise structure' (you may not need all the chorizo oil).
- Store in the refrigerator.
- Mix all ingredients into a frying batter.
- Dip small smelt fish (can be frozen) in the batter and fry in oil at 180ÀöC.
- Pipe some chorizo cream onto the rice block.
- Place a fried fish on top.
- Garnish with a field pea stewed in broth and butter.



