10 Minute Mussels & Clams via Campagnia, Italian Recipe (VIDEO)

Mussels and Clams in 10 minutes! Yes, it’s true. This recipe from Campania shows you how you can cook and eat in less time than it takes to hit the local fast food joint.

I eat this dish a lot when I’m in Naples, Capri or the Amalfi Coast in the summertime. These quickly steamed cozze e vongole (mussels and clams) are just out of the Bay of Naples, pristine and briny. I like a bowl of them swimming in their broth with a grilled slice of ciabatta rubbed with garlic for dipping. I like them in a pasta sauce served over linguine or spaghetti. I like them red or white and I like them spicy hot or not.

Here’s a basic recipe from Campania that you can have as I make it here and eat in 10 minutes or you can take it in at least a dozen other directions!

My clams and mussels love to eat polenta. As they ingest the polenta it helps clean out any sand inside the shell. I buy them from my fishmonger on the day I cook them. At home I scrub them well and put them in a salty bath sprinkled with polenta. I keep them in the fridge until the pan is ready for them.

Text recipe: http://gianni.tv/10-minute-mussels-clams/