Recipe of Award-winning Zuppa di Mussels

Zuppa di Mussels.

Hey everyone, hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, zuppa di mussels. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Zuppa di Mussels is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It's enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Zuppa di Mussels is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have zuppa di mussels using 12 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Zuppa di Mussels:

1. {Prepare 2 lb of fresh live mussels.
2. {Get 1 head of fresh garlic.
3. {Take 1/2 of bottle of pino grigio white wine.
4. {Take 1 can of 28oz chopped & diced tomatoes.
5. {Make ready 2 large of shallots.
6. {Get 1 of fresh lemon.
7. {Make ready 1 tbsp of salt.
8. {Prepare 1/2 tbsp of black pepper.
9. {Prepare 1 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes.
10. {Get 6 of fresh basil leaves.
11. {Get 1 tbsp of rough chopped fresh parsley.
12. {Get 2 tbsp of olive oil.

Instructions to make Zuppa di Mussels:

1. Clean & scrub mussels with fresh water..
2. Heat olive oil in pot & add diced garlic & shallots..
3. When golden add mussels, wine & tomatoes with juice (before adding tomatoes put in bowl & hand crush the tomatoes).
4. Add all other ingredients including the juice of the fresh lemon except for the basil & parsley..
5. Let cook over medium heat for approximately 15 minutes occasionally stirring from bottom to ensure all the mussels cook evenly & open..
6. When all mussels have opened turn off heat & add roughly hand torn basil & parsley & stir.
7. Pour into bowl & discard any mussels that did not open & serve with crostinis. Toast slices of whole wheat Italian bread drizzled with olive oil & sprinkle with Italian herb seasoning & after toasting rub with fresh garlic. The crostinis are awsome for dunking in the sauce & scooping up the garlic & shallots..

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