Venus rice salad with calamari: the recipe to bring summer back to the table.

Instead of calamari, you can use squid or cuttlefish. Alternatively, you can use prawns instead of shrimp.

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Venus rice salad with squid recipe
  • Preparation time: 30 minutes
  • Cooking time: 30 minutes
  • difficulty: low

A first course, but also a main course due to the richness of its ingredients. A dish to cook with fresh fish even in autumn, the season in which squid e shrimp they can be fished without limitations, and we find those coming from our seas.

Let's take a step-by-step look at how to make a delicious Venere rice salad with calamari and prawns. If you can't find calamari, you can substitute squid or cuttlefish, although they'll need a little longer to cook. Alternatively, you can use shrimp or, if you don't have fresh shrimp, frozen shrimp.

Ingredients for 4 people)

  • 300 grams of Venere rice
  • About 300 grams of squid
  • 10 prawns
  • 1 salted anchovy or 2 fillets in oil
  • 1 parsley
  • a few fresh celery leaves
  • 1 small clove of garlic
  • Half a cup of fish broth
  • 4 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 teaspoons of coarse salt
  • pepper (optional)

Preparation

  • Clean Remove the heads and shells of the prawns (leaving a few tails for decoration) and prepare the fish broth by cooking the scraps for about ten minutes in water, to which you have added half a small onion, a bay leaf and a few peppercorns.
  • Put to heat water for boiling the rice.
  • Clean Remove the squid from their innards (if the fishmonger hasn't already done so!), wash them and cut them into strips, both the head and the tentacles.
  • If you have chosen to use salted anchovies, drain it and rinse it
  • Chop Finely chop the garlic, parsley, and celery leaves, place the chopped mixture in a large saucepan, add the oil, anchovy, and, if desired, chili pepper.
  • Just do it brown, then pour in the fish broth and bring it back to the boil.
  • United the squid and cook them uncovered, to allow them to consume some of the liquid.

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  • In the meantime, do boil the rice, drain it and transfer it to a bowl.
  • As soon as the calamari are cooked and very tender, add the prawns and let them cook for a couple of minutes, or a little more: their delicate flesh doesn't require any longer cooking time.

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  • Pour Add the fish and cooking juices to the rice, mix thoroughly and add a little raw oil if necessary.

The Venere rice salad with calamari and prawns is ready, enjoy immediately or warm.

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