Paella

ENOegg22

First time making paella, and it came pretty damn good. A lot of fun since it was 99% cooked on the egg. Only thing I didn't cook on the egg were the onions and peppers, just for convenience.

I was impressed at how steady the temp held even with me consistently opening the lid to add liquid, ingredients, etc. The only modification I would make for next time is seasoning the shrimp. They didn't nestle in the pan like I hoped.

InfectedDAS

Nice looking paella, can even smell it!

bgebrent

Great work brother.  It looks great.  How did your rice turn out in the CI pan?

SaintJohnsEgger

I really need to try doing paella. It always looks so good.

northGAcock

A thing of beauty right there.....One of my absolute favorites. I don't have the tools to do it on the egg myself.....@bgebrent has promised me though.

ENOegg22

bgebrent said:

Great work brother.  It looks great.  How did your rice turn out in the CI pan?

Thanks! The cast iron worked well. I have nothing to compare it to, but nothing burned/stuck to the pan. I wish there was more of a crust. Hopefully I can get that with a little less liquid/more time/higher temp. Also really glad I used arborio rice. It definitely holds up better than regular rice.

the biggest downfall of the cast iron IMO is the straight handle. I would love a bigger pan with two short handles.

lousubcap

Great looking cook right there.  Congrats.
For those who may be looking for some reference material, the following link is all you need to get going:
http://www.nakedwhiz.com/paella/paella.htm  The remainder of the site is a wealth of ceramic cooking information as well.