# Meloso de pulpo y gambones

A very simple to make creamy rice dish with octopus and prawns that tastes delicious.

- Servings: 2 servings
- Total time: 16 min
- Cuisine: Spanish
- Category: Dinner
- Language: es

## Ingredients

- 180 gr. arroz variedad albufera
- 2 patas de pulpo cocido
- 6 gambones
- Picada de aceite, ajo y perejil
- 1 cebolla morada
- 1 tomate pera
- 1 ajo
- 1 vaso de agua
- Sal fina
- 0.5 cda. postre Pimentón de la vera
- Aceite de oliva virgen extra
- 1 sobre Azafrán molido
- Fumet de pescado

## Instructions

1. Peel the prawns and save the heads.
2. Add some dressing of oil, garlic, and parsley to the octopus and prawn tails.
3. Grate the tomato and onion and mince the garlic.
4. Extract the juice from the prawn heads and discard them.
5. Quickly sear the prawn tails and octopus.
6. Chop the octopus and prepare the sofrito with onion, garlic, paprika, tomato, and water.
7. When the sofrito reduces, add the fish stock, saffron, and rice.
8. Almost at the end of the cooking, add the prawn tails and octopus.

## Tips

- For creaminess, when adding the rice, stir it slowly but continuously.
- Season sofrito and fumet with salt.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DVWlgHRjgUB/?igsh=azRqa3h4ZjQxaG1v
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/46f5df03-42fd-4d2d-9345-fb54abd7b700
- Extracted: 2026-03-28

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