Mussels soup


Ingredients

500gr fresh mussels

chopped leek and garlic

3/4 cup white wine

4 lrge ripe tomatoes

1/4 cup finely chopped mintand basil

extra virgin olive oil

sliced bread

Method

Clean selfish discarding any broken or open

Fill the heavy pan with water . Drop mussels and cover , steamingthem until they open very high heat . Remove the mussels from the pan and discard any that they are still closed.

Place the rest in a warm bowl .

Reserve the liquid and stain through a cheesecloth to catch any sandthat might have been released by the mussels .

Toast the bread

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat and lightly brown the garlic .

Add the tomatoes stairring with a wooden spoon and sprinkle the herbs .

Cook fo three minutes . Dd the wine , the liquid releasd from te mussels as well as a few grids of pepper .

Simmer for10 minutes stairring occasionally. 

Add the mussels and heated through.

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