19/10/2022
Baked Spanish Mussels with Almond Crumb
These delicious baked mussels evolved from my time in Spain. The wine-poached mussels are kept on the half shell, nestled in sherry vinegar-spiked fresh tomato and topped with a crunchy almond crumb.
Serves:
4-6
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 kg mussels, scrubbed and debearded
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 2 ripe tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons sherry vinegar or red wine vinegar
- extra virgin olive oil, as needed
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- continental parsley leaves, for garnish
- ALMOND CRUMB
- 2 cups fresh white breadcrumbs
- 1/2 cup toasted flaked almonds
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tablespoon chopped continental parsley
- grated rind 1 lemon
Method
Place mussels and wine in a covered pot and simmer for 5-8 minutes until the mussels have opened. Drain and allow to cool. Open the mussels and remove the top shell. Extract and reserve the mussels and the half shells. Coarsely grate the tomatoes, discarding skin, and combine with sherry vinegar, 1 tablespoon oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt and pepper to taste. Combine all ingredients for Almond Crumb together with 1 tablespoon oil and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Spoon teaspoons of the tomato mixture onto the half shells and top with mussels and Almond Crumb. Drizzle with oil and cook under a hot grill for 5 minutes until crumbs are toasted. Serve immediately sprinkled with parsley leaves.
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