Recipe of Rice and Mussels in a Potato Crust

Hi, I  got this recipe of Rice and Mussels in a Potato Crust from Italy. You can try it at your kitchen to serve something new on the table :)

Information:

• Cooking time: 50 minutes
• Preparation time: 30 minutes
• Difficulty: Easy
• Servings: 8

Ingredients:

• 400 g arborio rice
• 2 kg of mussels
• 100 g of grated parmesan cheese
• 200 g tomatoes Datterino
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 onion
• 3 potatoes
• oil
• salt

Preparation:
Clean mussels and open them on high heat in a covered container for a few minutes. Discard the shells, collect all the liquid from the mussels, filter it several times to remove sand and dirt.

Peel the potatoes, slice them finely and blanch 2 minutes in boiling salted water, drain and let cool.

Chop garlic and parsley.

Clean the tomatoes and cut them in half.

Slice the onion and place it on the bottom of a baking pan, cover with a layer of potatoes, mussels, garlic and chopped parsley, grated Parmesan cheese, olive oil and salt, half of the rice. Make a new layer starting from potatoes, finish with the rice and cover with the remaining potato slices, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, garlic and parsley, salt and oil.

Pour the liquid on the preparation of the mussels and add water if necessary to get the wire to cover potatoes.

Cover the cake pan with aluminum foil and bake at 200 degrees for about 20 minutes, making sure the rice absorbs the liquid completely. When almost cooked remove the aluminum and to brown the top.