Baked Mussels with Pepperoni Rice Recipe

• 6 cloves garlic, smashed
• 1 cup olive oil
• 6 sprigs flat-leaf parsley
• 5 pounds mussels in the shell, scrubbed and debearded
• 1 cup white wine
• 170 grams pepperoni, finely chopped in the food processor
• 1/2 cups olive oil
• 50 grams tomato paste
• 1 brown anchovy, finely chopped
• 3 grams dried oregano
• 1 medium yellow onion, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, grated
• 1 cup white wine
• 1 1/2 cups Calasparra rice (see note in intro)
• 2 1/2 cups mussel stock
• Salt to taste
• Pinch of chile flakes
• Freshly squeezed lemon juice

1. In a heavy-bottomed pot, cook the garlic in oil until lightly toasted.
2. Add parsley.
3. Add mussels and wine.
4. Cook until the mussels barely start to open.
5. Remove open mussels immediately from the pot and place in refrigerator to cool.
6. Strain the liquid that remains in the pot (this is the "mussel stock) and set aside.
7. In another pot, cook the pepperoni in olive oil over low-medium heat until the oil turns bright red.
8. Add tomato paste, anchovy, and oregano.
9. Stir.
10. Allow to cook for five minutes, then add onion and garlic.
11. Cook until tender.
12. Add wine and cook until evaporated.
13. Add rice and mussel stock and bring to a simmer.
14. Stir frequently while cooking over low-medium heat.
15. Once all liquid has evaporated and rice is cooked, remove from heat and cover with a lid.
16. Allow to sit for 20 minutes.
17. Add salt and lemon juice to taste.
18. Cool rice mixture in refrigerator.
19. Remove one side of each mussel shell and free the mussel from the remaining shell with a paring knife.
20. Stuff each mussel with the rice mixture.
21. To serve, heat the stuffed mussels in a 400 degrees F oven.
22. Serve with lemon wedges.

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Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/baked-mussels-pepperoni-rice-31757 (may not work)