# SPICY MUSSEL PASTA

This spicy mussel pasta recipe combines fresh mussels with a kick of chili and garlic, served over homemade pasta for a delightful seafood dish.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 24 whole eggs
- 1 kg all-purpose flour
- ml olive oil
- 1 bulb fresh fennel
- 2 pieces red chilies
- 3 cloves garlic
- grams cured meat
- pinch salt
- 1 kg mussels
- 1 cup dry white wine

## Instructions

1. Crack 24 eggs into a bowl.
2. Create a well with 1 kilogram of all-purpose flour on a clean surface.
3. Pour the cracked eggs into the center of the flour well.
4. Add olive oil to the egg and flour mixture.
5. Mix the ingredients with a fork, gradually incorporating the flour.
6. Use a pastry scraper to fully combine the dough until it forms a cohesive mass.
7. Knead the dough until smooth.
8. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and place it in the refrigerator to rest for an hour.
9. Remove the dough from the refrigerator and cut it into smaller, manageable pieces.
10. Dust the dough pieces with flour.
11. Feed the dough through the pasta machine to flatten it into long sheets.
12. Fold the pasta sheets and feed them through the machine again to cut them into spaghetti strands.
13. Hold up the freshly made spaghetti strands.
14. Trim the fronds off the fennel bulb.
15. Finely chop the fennel fronds.
16. Transfer the chopped fennel fronds to a container.
17. Thinly slice the red chilies.
18. Add the sliced chilies to the container with the fennel fronds.
19. Slice the garlic cloves thinly.
20. Add the sliced garlic to the container with the fennel and chilies.
21. Pour olive oil into a pan and heat it over medium heat.
22. Add cured meat to the hot pan and cook until crispy.
23. Add the chopped fennel, chilies, and garlic mixture to the pan.
24. Toss the ingredients together in the pan.
25. Season the mixture with salt.
26. Toss the ingredients again to combine.
27. Open the bag of mussels.
28. Rinse the mussels under cold running water.
29. Add a pinch of salt to the mussels while rinsing.
30. Drain the mussels.
31. Add the mussels to the pan with the cooked ingredients.
32. Add dry white wine to the pan with the mussels.
33. Cover the pan with a lid to steam the mussels until they open.
34. Remove the opened mussels from their shells, reserving some in their shells for garnish.
35. Boil water in a separate pot for the pasta.
36. Add the homemade spaghetti to the boiling water.
37. Cook the spaghetti until al dente.
38. Transfer the cooked spaghetti directly into the pan with the mussel sauce.
39. Add the shelled mussels and any reserved cooking liquid from the mussels to the pasta.
40. Drizzle with additional olive oil.
41. Toss all the ingredients together to coat the pasta with the sauce.
42. Serve the spicy mussel pasta on a plate.
43. Garnish with fresh fennel fronds.

## Equipment

- large mixing bowl
- pasta maker
- sharp knife
- cutting board
- large pan
- strainer
- serving plate

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNeomq3Fg/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/7a5500a2-72f6-4a62-ba8f-ab4a629840fb
- Extracted: 2025-07-23

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