🇹🇷 Turkish

Mussels Guvec

Name: Mussels Guvec
Prep time: 18 min
Cook time: 27 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 200 ml Heavy Cream; to taste Salt; 1, sliced into rings Onion; 3 Tomato; 2 Potato; 1 tbsp, for the dish Olive Oil; 100 g, grated Cheese; 800 g Mussels; 1 tsp Urfa Pepper Flakes; 2 Green Pepper

🇹🇷 Turkish

An oven-born turkish classic — mussels under a savoury crust that crackles when served. 45 minutes of mostly hands-off cooking.

Prep 18 min Cook 27 min Serves 4 Hard

Ingredients

Heavy Cream200 ml
Saltto taste
Onion1, sliced into rings
Tomato3
Potato2
Olive Oil1 tbsp, for the dish
Cheese100 g, grated
Mussels800 g
Urfa Pepper Flakes1 tsp
Green Pepper2

Optional extras

Fresh Parsleyhandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Heat the oven to 190°C and butter or oil a baking dish.
2
Layer the onion over the base, season, then nestle in the mussels.
3
Pour the cream around the edges, scatter over the cheese and the urfa pepper flakes.
4
Bake for 30-35 minutes until bubbling at the rim and burnished on top.
5
Rest for 5 minutes so it sets, then spoon out with the pan juices and plenty of black pepper.

Chef's tip

Every oven runs hot or cold; start checking 5 minutes early.

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