Paella Recipe - Nordic Ware

Ingredients

• 1/ 2 teaspoon crushed saffron threads
• 1 pound mussels, scrubbed and debearded
• 12-15 large raw shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 6 whole baby octopus
• *salt and pepper to taste
• 1/ 2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 1/ 2 pound fresh chorizo sausage, casing removed
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 16 ounce can peeled San Marzano or Roma tomatoes, drained and diced
• 1 small onion, minced
• 1 cup frozen or fresh green peas
• 6 cups chicken of fish stock
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 2 1/ 2 cups short-grain rice (Arborio or bomba work well)
• 2 sweet red bell peppers, roasted and sliced into strips
• 1 dozen littleneck clams
• 1/ 4 cup finely chopped flat leaf parsley
• 1/ 2 fresh lemon