Fideos With Mussels
- 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 10 ounces
- 1 1/3 cups chopped onion (1 large)
- 2 teaspoons minced garlic
- 2 (14- to 15-ounce) cans diced tomatoes in juice
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Pinch of sugar
- 1/2 cup finely chopped Spanish chorizo (cured spiced pork sausage; 2 oz)
- 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 5 cups
- 3 pounds mussels (preferably cultivated), scrubbed and beards removed
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- Heat 1/4 cup oil in a wide 6-quart heavy pot over moderately low heat until hot but not smoking, then add
- and cook, stirring frequently and turning over, until golden brown (nests will break up), 10 to 15 minutes. Transfer pasta with a slotted spoon to a bowl.
- Add 2/3 cup onion and 1 teaspoon garlic to oil remaining in pot and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, 4 to 5 minutes, then stir in tomatoes with juice, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and sugar. Increase heat to moderately high and simmer, stirring frequently, until tomatoes have broken down into a very thick paste, about 25 minutes.
- While
- simmers, cook chorizo, bay leaf, and remaining 2/3 cup onion and 1 teaspoon garlic in remaining 2 tablespoons oil in an 8-quart heavy pot over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Add wine and bring to a boil, then boil 5 minutes. Add stock and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and return to a boil, then add mussels. Cook, tightly covered, over moderate heat, until mussels open wide, 3 to 6 minutes. (Discard any mussels that remain unopened after 6 minutes.) Transfer mussels with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Discard bay leaf.
- Add mussel-cooking liquid and browned
- to
- and boil, uncovered, stirring frequently, until pasta is tender and has absorbed most of liquid, 12 to 15 minutes. Add mussels and 1 tablespoon parsley and cook, tossing, until mussels are heated through, 1 to 2 minutes. Serve sprinkled with remaining tablespoon parsley.
- *Available at some supermarkets and tienda.com (888-472-1022).
extravirgin olive oil, onion, garlic, tomatoes, salt, sugar, spanish chorizo, turkish, white wine, mussels, flatleaf
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/fideos-with-mussels-231491 (may not work)