'Paella' Couscous Salad

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 lb Spanish chorizo (spicy cured pork sausage; preferably hot), cut into 1/4-inch dice*
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped shallot
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced
  • 1 1/2 cups chicken broth
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • 3/4 lb medium shrimp in shell (26), peeled and deveined
  • 3/4 lb sea scallops, tough muscle removed from side of each if necessary, halved crosswise (quartered if large)
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 (10-oz) box couscous (1 1/2 cups)
  • 1/4 teaspoon crumbled saffron threads
  • 1 cup frozen peas, thawed
  • 1 large red bell pepper, finely diced
  • 1 cup coarsely chopped drained pimiento-stuffed green olives (5 oz)
  • 1/3 cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

  • For dressing
    • 1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
    • 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
    • 2 large garlic cloves, chopped
    • 3/4 teaspoon salt
    • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
    • 1/8 teaspoon cayenne

    • Accompaniment: lemon wedges

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