Peppered Mussels is a very simple dish from our southern cuisine. From the name itself, you can understand the ingredients, mussels and lots of pepper, but to make the dish a success, you need top-quality mussels, very fresh and well cleaned. The rest is very easy, and in 5 minutes, you can serve an appetizer that truly tastes of the sea.
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- Difficulty: Very easy
- Cost: Very cheap
- Preparation time: 30 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Stove
- Cuisine: Regional Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 175.81 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 5.87 (g) of which sugars 0.50 (g)
- Proteins 12.29 (g)
- Fat 12.13 (g) of which saturated 2.16 (g)of which unsaturated 1.93 (g)
- Fibers 0.50 (g)
- Sodium 294.01 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 400 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 2.2 lbs mussels
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 sweet chili pepper
- 1/3 oz parsley
- black peppercorns (2-3 corns)
- 1 lemon (to squeeze or serve in slices)
- 1.35 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Tools
- Pan
- Lid
- Grinder pepper grinder
Steps
Clean the mussels well under running water. Discard broken ones, remove the beard and scrape off all impurities. Rinse them several times and place them in a colander. Heat a large pan and add the mussels along with the oil, freshly ground pepper, sweet chili pepper cut into pieces, and garlic in its skin.
Also add the parsley leaves, reserving some for the final garnish. In about 4 minutes the shells will open; turn off the heat and serve, removing the cooking parsley and tearing some fresh leaves. You can choose to drizzle with lemon juice or place lemon slices on each serving.
