Rice with baby squid and green garlic

4 servings

Ingredients

320 g of Rice
75 ml of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
500 g of Fresh Baby Squid
2 Cloves of Garlic
30 g of Salmorreta (Garlic, fried tomato and ñora pepper)
A bunch of green garlic
2 L of Fish Stock or Fumet previously prepared

Preparation

Place a paella pan on the heat with extra virgin olive oil. When the oil is hot, sauté the baby squid. Add the peeled and chopped tender green garlic. Sauté everything together.

Remove the baby squid and green garlic, and set aside. Fry the finely chopped garlic cloves until golden. Add the rice and sauté for a couple of minutes. Add the Salmorreta, mixing it with the rice for about a minute. Incorporate the green garlic and the baby squid. Mix everything and start adding the boiling stock. Adjust the salt.

Cook for 10 minutes over high heat, stirring occasionally. Lower the heat and cook for 8 more minutes. Let it rest for a few minutes and serve

Alicante City of Rice

“Alicante, Ciudad de Arroz” is a project designed to highlight the city’s exceptional culinary tradition, with rice as its star ingredient.

Rice is undeniably the main attraction of Alicante’s gastronomy. In fact, you could enjoy a different rice dish every day of the year. From dry and soupy rice dishes to creamy (meloso) rice, paired with seafood, vegetables, meat, or fish. Alicante’s finest products from the sea and mountains blend harmoniously with this essential ingredient to bring you the best of the flavorful and healthy Mediterranean diet. These rice dishes, all prepared with Mediterranean passion, can be perfectly paired with the renowned Alicante DOP wines.