Daring Cooks Challenge- Rice with Mushroom and Cuttlefish

The Sofregit

Making the Allioli

Assembling Everything

The final product

Closeup


This month Olga from Olga's Recipes is hosting our Daring Cooks challenge. Olga has chosen a Rice with Mushroom and Cuttlefish dish- essentially a Paella. This dish is by José Andrés, an accomplished Spanish Chef who now lives in DC and operates three restaurants. At the moment, this recipe is apparently a very important/popular Spanish dish(I can't confirm this, so I'm taking Olgas word for it ;))I have never made a Paella so this was actually a challange for me and that's exactly why I joined the daring cooks. So I was happy about that.

I used squid in my recipe instead of Cuttlefish and it really overpowered my dish. I usually try to buy fish fresh from Whole Foods or somewhere I know it will be fresh but I had to use my grocery store due to time. Well, I think my dish suffered as a result as it had a distinct fishy taste. But apart from that; the saffron, rice, tomatoes all worked beautifully together to create a wonderfully aromatic dish. Thanks Olga for introducing me to Spanish cuisine. I look forward to more Daring Cooks Challenges.

This dish has three distinct steps:
1. The Sofregit- This is a tomato based sauce
2. Allioli- This is a garlic/olive oil mayo
3. The Paella and assembling everything together.

This Recipe is incredibly long and my ADD has kicked in, so I will direct you to here for the recipe.

Enjoy!