seafood pilafi with chilli pine nut butter

Fish & Seafood

Seafood pilafi with chilli pine nut butter

Drescription

This fragrant rice dish with seafood, tomatoes and golden raisins makes a wonderful summertime main, drizzled with a parsley, chilli and pine nut butter.

Ingredients

2 tbsp olive oil
75g/2¾oz unsalted butter
80g/3oz vermicelli
2 onions, sliced
2 garlic cloves, sliced
350g/12oz ripe tomatoes, finely chopped
250g/9oz long grain or basmati rice
800ml/28fl oz hot fish stock or water
good pinch of saffron
1 cinnamon stick
75g/2¾oz golden raisins
600g/1lb 5oz seafood (such as squid rings, deveined prawns and mussels), cleaned
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 lemon, cut into wedges, to serve
½ tsp dried chilli
60g/2¼oz pine nuts
½ bunch flatleaf parsley, chopped

Directions

Place a large saucepan over a medium heat and drizzle in the olive oil and a tablespoon of the butter. Crush the vermicelli into small pieces and fry until golden and crisp. Spoon into a bowl and leave to one side.
Lower the heat a little and add the onions and garlic to the pan. Fry for 15 minutes until golden and sticky. Add the tomatoes and rice and stir for a couple of minutes.
Add the saffron to the hot stock or water and leave for a few minutes. Pour into the saucepan, along with the cinnamon, raisins and fried vermicelli. Bring to the boil, then reduce to low and cover with a lid. Cook for 15 minutes.
Stir through the seafood, adding a splash of boiling water if the rice is looking dry. Cover with the lid again. Cook for a further 5 minutes, until the shellfish is cooked and the liquid has been absorbed. Discard any mussels that haven’t opened.
Meanwhile, melt the remaining butter in a small pan over a medium heat. Add the dried chilli and pine nuts and toast until the pine nuts are golden.
Stir the parsley through the pilafi and season with sea salt and pepper. Drizzle over the spicy pine nut butter and serve with the lemon wedges.

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