Italian spicy mussel soup recipe

Italian spicy mussel soup recipe 

Capacity: soups and broths 
Difficulty: Easy 
Prep Time: Less than 30 minutes 
Type: Stew 


Ingredients for 4 people 

Quantity ingredient 

1 kg mussels of La Spezia 
2 cloves garlic 
180 g of tomato sauce 8 slices crusty bread 
1 dried red chili peppers 
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 
parsley 
salt 
pepper 

Preparation 

Thoroughly wash the mussels by scraping with a sharp boxcutter and depriving them of the filament external pulling the wide part of the mollusk. Heat a large saucepan with extra virgin olive oil and garlic, peeled and cut into strips. Add the crumbled chili and then the mussels still wet. Sauté over high heat for 2 minutes and then add the tomato on the bottom. 

Chop the parsley and spolverizzatevi all, stir gently with a wooden spoon and cover and cook for about 7 minutes on medium flame. Season with salt and pepper if necessary (the mussels are very tasty) and serve hot with slices of toasted bread rubbed, to taste, with garlic.