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Roast fennel and aubergine paella
Ingredients
- Baby Aubergine — 6 small
- Fennel — 4 small
- Red Pepper — 1 thinly sliced
- Courgettes — 1 medium
- Onion — 1 finely chopped
- Paella Rice — 300g
- Paprika — 1 tsp
- Saffron — pinch
- White Wine — 200ml
- Vegetable Stock — 700ml
- Frozen Peas — 100g
- Lemon — 1 chopped
- Parsley — Handful
- Salt — pinch
- Black Pepper — pinch
Instructions
1 Put the fennel, aubergine, pepper and courgette in a roasting tray. Add a glug of olive oil, season with salt and pepper and toss around to coat the veggies in the oil. Roast in the oven for 20 minutes, turning a couple of times until the veg are pretty much cooked through and turning golden.
2 Meanwhile, heat a paella pan or large frying pan over a low– medium heat and add a glug of olive oil. Sauté the onion for 8–10 minutes until softened. Increase the heat to medium and stir in the rice, paprika and saffron. Cook for around 1 minute to start toasting the rice, then add the white wine. Reduce by about half before stirring in two-thirds of the stock. Reduce to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes without a lid, stirring a couple of times.
3 Stir in the peas, add some seasoning, then gently mix in the roasted veg. Pour over the remaining stock, arrange the lemon wedges on top and cover with a lid or some aluminium foil. Cook for a further 10 minutes.
4 To ensure you get the classic layer of toasted rice at the bottom of the pan, increase the heat to high until you hear a slight crackle. Remove from the heat and sit for 5 minutes before sprinkling over the parsley and serving.