Turkish stuffed mussels

Name: Turkish stuffed mussels
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: 1 tsp salt; 3 tbsp pine nuts; 1 tsp soft brown sugar; ½ tsp allspice; ½ tsp tomato purée/paste; 1 small garlic clove, crushed; 1 banana shallot, finely diced; ½ tsp ground cinnamon; a small pinch of freshly grated nutmeg; 1 lemon, cut into wedges; 1 tsp finely chopped mint leaves; 1 tsp finely chopped dill; freshly ground black pepper; 2 tbsp raisins; 125 g/4½ oz/⅔ cup risotto or other short-grain white rice, rinsed and drained; 2 tbsp olive oil; 28 large large mussels, cleaned and bearded

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 45

Appears in

Pimp My Rice

By Nisha Katona

Published 2017

About

A molluscian Fisher-Price activity centre of a dish to construct and to eat … but boy is it worth it! It shames me that in Turkey these works of dark, gleaming, fragrant art are common waterfront ‘street food’.

It puts our pasty in a paper bag to shame. The Turkish enjoy this dish served cold and brush the shells with a little oil to give them a dark, beckoning glint.

Ingredients

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

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Method