Crostini with Mussels and Cherry Tomatoes
30 min. Recipe Yield:
4 servings Difficulty:
Medium recipe
Crostini with mussels and cherry tomatoes – a recipe for an Italian sandwich appetizer. In this recipe, I cheated a little and used mussels not in shells. You must admit, we do not always make puff pastry ourselves to make some delicious thing. We save time and buy puff pastry in the store. So here, mussels need to be cleaned well before cooking, but there is not always time for this. Therefore, I used peeled, frozen mussels. Yes, stones will be thrown at me now, but any working person will understand when it is not always possible to buy freshly caught seafood, if it is easier to buy frozen and when you need to use it. But if you decide to use mussels in shells, then pour olive oil, wine, a clove of garlic into a pan, add mussels, cover with a lid and cook for 5 minutes over high heat until the valves open. And you will use this liquid further when preparing the recipe.
Recipe Ingredients
Cooking Recipe
The recipe for crostini with mussels and cherry tomatoes is very simple. Defrost the mussels, put them in a sieve, but do not pour out the liquid. Wash the tomatoes and cut them in half or into quarters.
Pour a small amount of olive oil into a frying pan and put it on the fire. When the oil is hot, put in a peeled clove of garlic and fry. Remove the garlic, and put the chopped tomatoes into the oil, pour in the liquid from the mussels and wine.
Cook the tomatoes over low heat for 5-6 minutes, stir gently so as not to deform the tomatoes. When the liquid has boiled down to almost half, add the cleaned mussels and stir. Cook for 1-2 minutes, then add finely chopped parsley, ground black pepper and stir. After a minute, remove from heat.
Cut the baguette at an angle, drizzle with olive oil and place in the oven at 180°C (355°F) for 5 minutes. During the cooking process, turn the baguette slices over so that they brown on all sides. Place the mussels with tomatoes and crostini on the prepared baguette. They are ready to serve.