astray recipes: Spicy mussel soup

Categories: Soups; Italy
Yield: 1 Servings

Measure	Ingredient
5½ pounds	Mussels; cleaned
2½ fluid ounce	Olive oil
4	Garlic cloves; pealed & finely chopped
6	Anchovy fillets
3 smalls	Dried chillies; crushed
1¾ pounds	Tin peeled plum tomatoes; drained of most of their juice & chopped
	Sea salt & black pepper
1 bunch	Italian parsley; chopped
	Extra virgin olive oil
6 slices	Pugliese bread; cut at angle
1	Garlic clove; pealed & halved

BRUSCHETTA

1.Heat 2 fl oz of the olive oil in a large saucepan. Add the mussels, white wine and 4 fl oz water. Cook over a high heat until all mussels are opened, discard any remaining closed.

2.Remove the mussels and boil to reduce the liquid by half. Remove half the mussels from their shells.

3.Heat the remaining olive oil in a large pan and fry the garlic until lightly brown. Add mussel liquid, chilli, and tomatoes. Cook gently until the tomatoes haave reduced to a medium thick consistency, (about 30 mins).

Season with salt, pepper, and more chilli if required.

4.Put in the mussels and half the parsley 5.Toast the bread on both sides and rub with garlic. Serve soup with the bruschetta, the remaining parsley, and a generous amount of extra virgin olive oil.

Posted to recipelu-digest by LSHW <shusky@...> on Feb 18, 1998

spicy mussel soup