Okay, so the first bank holiday of the year hasn’t turned out exactly how we expected. Here we are, with extra days off work because of Easter (or maybe even furloughed from work) and what can we do?
Absolutely nothing apart from stay safe at home. There will be zero day trips, lazy afternoons on rooftop bars or big celebratory meals with friends and family for us this Easter.
It comes as a disappointment to Hidden Hut too, a seaside eatery in Cornwall, UK which is well known for its huge alfresco meals on the sand of Porthcurnick Beach.
Usually, their communal sunset meals are so popular tickets are hard to get hold of. They would have been hosting their first feast of the season this weekend, but, like the rest of us, they’re on lockdown.
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Instead of feeling down about it, though, Hidden Hut are taking their rustic cooking online. They’ll just be showing us how to cook paella for two, rather than cooking enough to feed a beach load of people.
‘We would like to invite you to a virtual feast night! The cook-a-long will be filmed live from our home kitchen and we’ll talk you through step-by-step how to cook a paella feast for two,’ say the guys behind Hidden Hut, adding: ‘We’ve chosen to do a paella as it is a forgiving dish that can be adapted to include a range of ingredients. Whatever you have managed to stock in your cupboards at this time, you should be able to conjure up a paella of sorts.’
The cook-a-long will be streamed live on their Instagram page, and you can find all the ingredients you need to take part in the caption of the post below. Buen Provecho!
The Virtual Paella Feast Night is taking place on Friday April 10 at 6pm BST (7pm CET, 1pm EDT, 4am AEDT).
Main photograph: Danny North
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