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LOBSTER RICEARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

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LOBSTER RICE – ARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

• Ingredients: 1 lobster, 1 squid (medium size), 1 kg. of mussels, 250grs of clamps, 4 tomatoes, 1 pepper, 1 onion, 2 garlic cloves

• Olive oil, 2 glasses full of rice or 400grs, salt, parsley.

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LOBSTER RICE – ARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

• Clean up the mussels and put them in a pot with 2 fingers of watter in its bottom.

• Put the cover. Low fire.

• When the mussels open up. Turn fire off and reserve.

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LOBSTER RICE – ARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

• Pour some olive oil in the pan at medium fire.

• When it starts getting hot, throw the squid (previously cleaned and dryed). Stir with a wooden spoon until it takes away all its water.

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LOBSTER RICE – ARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

• When the squid changes its colour, add the onion in small pieces.

• Have the tomatoes ready to pour in the pan.

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LOBSTER RICE – ARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

• As we did with Paella, here we start the sofrito (very important part of the recipe). Add the tomatoe sauce and keep on stirring.

• After 5 minutes aprox. Add the garlic in small pieces. Keep on stirring.

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LOBSTER RICE – ARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

• Add the green pepper and keep on stirring at medium fire.

• The sofrito starts changing colour and texture. It gets darker and oily.

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LOBSTER RICE – ARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

• When it looks this way the sofrito is done.

• Add the lobster and leave it for 3 minutes cooking both sides, after that have the rice ready to throw.

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LOBSTER RICE – ARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

• 2 glasses for 4 persons or 400grs.

• Pour it in the pan and stir until it gets all mixed (2-3 minutes)

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LOBSTER RICE – ARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

• Use the water of the clamps and the water of the mussels to get 8-9 glasses full of it and pour in the pan (this water should be boiling when you add it) If there is not enough add some water.

• If you use the mussels water you might not use salt, it could be too salty.

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LOBSTER RICE – ARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

• Stir with the wooden spoon.• Since you throw the water until

the rice is done takes 20 minutes. The last 5 minutes is done with the fire off and the cover on.

• Add the clamps and stir.

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LOBSTER RICE – ARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

• Just before you put the cover on, add some mussels in the pan and some parsley in small pieces.

• Turn the fire of and put the cover on. Leave it for 5 minutes.

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LOBSTER RICE – ARROZ DE BOGAVANTE

• This is how it looks, to know how it tastes you have to cook it… it’s not that hard! And it’s worth!

• Have the taste of the sea in your mouth… uummmmm… delicious!