Fried Mussels with Tomatoes Horseradish and Cilantro
Made with Whole peeled tomatoes
Mutti® Peeled Tomatoes are generously fleshy and firm. They have their skins removed and are then immersed in a delicious, velvety passata.
20 min (COOK TIME: 20 min)
Easy
Ingredients
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4.5
lb
fresh mussels
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2
tbsp
garlic oil
(1 garlic clove mixed with 2 tbsp oil)
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14
oz
Mutti® Peeled Tomatoes (Pelati)
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Horseradish
(according to taste)
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0.5
cup
mayonnaise
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1
handful
fresh cilantro
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1
piece
sourdough bread
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salt
-
pepper
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mussel stock
(from the mussels above)
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1
green onion
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leaves
cilantro
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olive oil
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Fried Mussels with Tomatoes Horseradish and Cilantro: Method
- Clean the mussels and carefully rinse in cold water
- Steam the mussels in a steam oven at 212°F for 3 min
- Keep the resulting mussel stock for later
- Immediately cool the mussels by putting them in a bowl of ice water
- Carefully remove the mussels from the shells and remove any beards
- Drain Mutti® Peeled Tomatoes (Pelati) and cut into pieces
- Season the mayonnaise with salt, pepper and grated horseradish
- Remove the cilantro leaves from the stem, and set aside
- Put the stem in ice water
- Tear the bread into chunky bits and fry till crispy in some olive oil
- Lightly salt
- Add finely sliced green onion and cilantro leaves to the mussel stock and bring to a boil
- Set the stock aside and let sit for 10 min
- Strain out any remaining solids
- Mix the stock with some olive oil to make the dressing and season with salt
- Finely slice the cilantro stems
- Quickly fry the mussels in some olive oil
- Drizzle with garlic oil and lightly salt
- Arrange the mussels, tomatoes, crispy bread chunks and mayonnaise on plates, and gently drizzle the dish with mussel dressing
- Garnish with the finely sliced cilantro stems before serving