Mafalde, octopus, mussels and clams recipe – Italian Cuisine

Mafalde, octopus, mussels and clams recipe


  • 700 g octopus
  • 500 g mussels
  • 500 g purged clams
  • 350 g mafalde pasta
  • 220 g boiled chickpeas
  • a stalk of celery
  • ua carrot
  • laurel
  • lemon
  • garlic
  • dry white wine
  • White bread
  • parsley
  • pickled capers
  • salted anchovies
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • pepper
  • salt

For the recipe for the mafalde, octopus, mussels and clams, dip the octopus in boiling water with a celery stalk, a carrot, a few grains of black pepper, 2 bay leaves; add a glass of white wine and cook it for 40-45 minutes after boiling again; then add half a lemon and continue cooking for another 5 minutes. Finally drain it, let it cool and cut it into chunks. Open the clams in a saucepan, covered, with 2 tablespoons of oil, a clove of garlic with the peel and a splash of white wine. Filter the cooking liquid.
Peel the mussels and let them open in a saucepan, covered with 2 spoons of oil, a clove of garlic with the peel and a splash of white wine. Shell mussels and clams, keeping some of them aside with the shell as a garnish.
For the chickpea cream: blend the chickpeas with 180 g of water and a spoonful of oil, until you get a cream.
For the green sauce: chop a nice sprig of parsley; blend 3 spoonfuls with 90 g of oil, 3 desalted anchovies, a spoonful of pickled capers and half a slice of sandwich bread without a crust.
For the mafalde: cook the mafalde in plenty of salted water, draining them 2 minutes earlier than the times indicated on the package. Stir them in a pan with the clam water and a drizzle of oil for a couple of minutes. Turn off and remove any excess liquid. Spread a couple of spoons of chickpea cream on the plates, lay the mafalde on top, complete with the octopus and the shellfish, the shelled ones and those in the shells, and season with a few minutes. Turn off and remove any excess liquid. Spread a couple of tablespoons of chickpea cream on the plates, lay the mafalde on top, complete with the octopus and shellfish, the shelled ones and those in the shells, and season with 1-2 tablespoons of green sauce. They are also good lukewarm.

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