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Family menu with seafood paella

Family menu with seafood paella
  • Featured foods

    Cherry tomatoes, pitted black olives, pitted green olives, ½ a cucumber, ham slices, Swiss cheese, leaves of crispy lettuce, feta cheese, cantaloupes (charentais melons), ground pepper, herbes de Provence, olive oil, a tiny glass of Pineau or port wine, parsley leaves, 1 toothpicks pack, 1kg of Uncle Ben’s rice (the regular one for a 20’ cooking time), 1.5 kg mussels, 800 g small squid, 1 kg shells (optional), 25 cooked pink shrimps, 10 cooked scampi (or more), 250 g diced smoked bacon, 2 chorizo sausages: 1 hot and 1 mild, 5 large tomatoes, onions, garlic cloves, 1 peeled red pepper, 1 peeled yellow pepper, a small heel of ham, 2 Maggi broth cubes, 6 lemons, salt and pepper, olive oil , 2 to 3 saffron capsules, laurel leaves, a few fresh thyme stems, 1 paella pan: 60 cm diameter for 20 people, 250 g sugar, 4 eggs, 15 cl of simple cream, 150 g mascarpone, bitter cocoa powder, strong coffee, 10 to 15 Lady finger biscuits, 1 pack of vanilla sugar, a Charlotte cake mould

  • Good to know

    For 10 to 20 you'll need to prepare 2 frozen tiramisu when you have time as this dessert can be kept in the freezer for months. You will need 20 minutes to prepare the appetizer. The paella takes time, be aware. You need a paella pan and a lot of space in the kitchen and in the fridge. You will enjoy the idea of having your dessert already prepared in your freezer and ready to serve.

  • Tips and tricks

    For 10 to 20. It is the perfect menu for gatherings on holidays or garden dinner parties! At home, my children are the ones cooking the paella, the whole family is involved. Gets your guests to help if they are asking for something to do.

  • Suggested beverages

    Red, rosé or white wine

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Remarks

You can prepare most of the paella the day before : cut ham, chorizo, onions, peppers…

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