Paella a La Valenciana

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/4 kg pork
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1/2 chopped onion
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 1/2 kg rice
• 1/2 kg shrimp, shelled
• 1/2 chicken
• 100 g chorizo sausage (spanish sausage)
• 3 green peppers, sliced
• 1 cup peas
• 1 bay leaf
• salt and pepper
• 1 liter water
• 2 links chopped pork sausage
• 1/2 cup squid, chopped
• 1/2 cup crawfish, chopped
• 3 artichoke hearts
• 1/4 kg cockles

Directions

1. 1

   boil the cockles until all the shells are opened, and keep the water.

2. 2

   Heat the oil and fry all the ingredients except the cockles and rice.

3. 3

   Add the rice and fry until it has absorbed all the moisture. add the water from the cockles and boil briskly until the rice thickens.

4. 4

   add the cockles.

5. 5

   place the pan on a hot plate and cook slowly until rice is tender.

6. 6

   allow to rest for 20 minutes before serving.