Teglia di Cozze, Patate e Pomodori al Forno

Mussels Baked with Potatoes and Fresh Tomatoes

Preparation info
  • For

    4 to 6

    Persons
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Marcella's Italian Kitchen

By Marcella Hazan

Published 1986

  • About

It Is a Common thing to serve potatoes as an accompaniment to fish. I like to go further and cook them with fish, whose flavor they lengthen and underscore. In this baked mussel platter, potatoes are joined with another ingredient that is particularly compatible with seafood, and with mussels to an exceptional degree—tomatoes.

The mussel meat is coated with a mixture of olive oil, garlic, parsley, bread crumbs, and Parmesan; the potatoes are boiled and sliced; the tomatoes ar