Secrets of Lost Empires Ancient Roman Seasoned Mussels
From mystic_river1 17 years ago
- 25 minutes to make
- Serves 4
With an empire that spanned both sides of the the Mediterranean Sea, Romans often feasted on seafood. Romans might salt, smoke, or pickle their fish, or even preserve it with honey. This recipe for seasoned mussels, though, calls for just a simple cooking before they are eaten. Read more See less
Ingredients
- Ancient Roman seasoned mussels Recipe shopping list
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- For mussels: Garum, chopped leek, cumin, passum, savory, and wine. Dilute this mixture with water and cook the mussels in it. shopping list
- - Apicius, reprinted from A Taste of Ancient Rome shopping list
How to make it
- Modern Seasoned Mussels Recipe (serves 4)
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- 40-50 mussels
- 2 tablespoons garum
- 1/2 cup wine
- 1/2 cup passum (a modern version of this raisin wine is the Italian dessert wine Vin Santo)
- 1 leek, chopped
- 1 handful of fresh cumin and savory, minced
- Wash the mussels thoroughly to remove the sand, then boil them in sufficient water to cover, along with the remaining ingredients.
- - reprinted from A Taste of Ancient Rome
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