The mussel soup it is a dish that in Campania is eaten on the evening of Holy Thursday. It becomes delicious if you put some friselle underneath and let them soften with their sauce, and then enjoy them together with seafood. Today we will see the recipe for Antonino Cannavacciuolo, always linked to the flavors of his land and ready to share his tricks with his fans. To make the sauce of this famous soup creamier and tastier, the chef uses a secret ingredient, which is not part of the list of ingredients of the traditional recipe. We are talking about the potato, which always looks good everywhere.
Mussel soup
Ingredients
- mussels 1 kg
- 4 slices of bacon
- salt
- pepper
- extra virgin olive oil
- onion 1
- parsley
- bread 2 slices
- garlic 2 cloves
- tomato puree 4 tbsp
- basil
- potatoes 2
Preparation
The first thing to do to prepare mussel soup is to open the seafood, already cleaned, in a pan together with a glass of water. Cover with a lid and when they are all open, turn off the heat. Then let them cool shell them. Peel the potatoes and cut them into pieces very thin slices helping yourself with a mandolin. In a pan, pour 4 glasses of water, a few teaspoons of extra virgin olive oil and the two cloves of garlic. Let it brown the garlic, then add the shelled mussels. In another pan, brown the thinly sliced onion in extra virgin olive oil.
Add the potatoes, give a stir and pour in the mussel sauce. Cook on a gentle flame. In another pan, brown the bacon over a low heat and sweat it well. It must become crunchy. Combine mussels and potatoes in a blender and blend. Remove the bread crust and toast it in a pan with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, a pinch of salt and a sprinkling of parsley. In a bowl, combine the tomato puree with a few basil leaves, drizzle with a little oil and season with salt and pepper. Leave marinate for 1 hour. Pour the mussel and potato mixture into a bowl, add the sauce, the chopped toasted bread and the bacon. Your mussel soup ready.
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