Stuffed scallops au gratin

AUTHOR
Rachel Vazquez
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 9
  • 2 kg fresh mussels
  • 3 Onions
  • 6 Garlic cloves
  • 1 bunch of parsley
  • 2 discs (25 g each) White bread (from the day before)
  • 12 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp black pepper
  • 1 TABLESPOON Tomato paste
  • 1 package (500 g) chunky tomatoes
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS Tomato ketchup
  • 1 pinch Sugar
  • 7-10 Tbsp Sweet peppers
  • 50 g Parmesan cheese
  • 1/2 l dry white wine
  • 7-10 Tbsp Parsley and lemon slices

Directions

  1. 1

    Wash the mussels thoroughly, brushing them off if necessary. Sort out already opened mussels and do not use them any further. Peel and finely chop the onions. Peel garlic and also dice finely.

  2. 2

    Wash parsley, dab dry and chop finely. Cut off bread crust. Grate bread finely. Mix 5 tablespoons olive oil, bread, parsley, salt and pepper. Heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan, sauté half of the onions and half of the garlic in it, add tomato paste.

  3. 3

    Deglaze with chunky tomatoes, stir in ketchup and season to taste with salt, pepper, sugar and paprika. Let it boil down at low heat for about 5 minutes. Grate the Parmesan finely. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large casserole dish, sauté the remaining onions and garlic.

  4. 4

    Add mussels, deglaze with wine and 1/2 litre of water. Cover and simmer at medium heat for 12-15 minutes. Drain the mussels. Discard mussels that are still closed. Remove the empty mussel halves from the opened ones.

  5. 5

    Place the mussel halves on a baking tray with the mussel meat facing upwards. Fill half of the mussels with parsley, the rest with tomato sauce. Sprinkle with parmesan and sprinkle with the remaining olive oil.

  6. 6

    Bake in the preheated oven (electric oven: 225 ° C/ gas: level 4) for 8-10 minutes. Serve mussels garnished with parsley and lemon slices. Baguette tastes good with it.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
220 kcal
CARBS
9 g
FATS
18 g
PROTEINS
9 g