Ingredients 8-10 green lipped mussels
1 egg
100g of flour
1 diced onion
4 red chili’s (optional amount)
4 Thai Basil leave stems
4 cloves of garlic
A pinch of pepper and salt
3 tablespoons of olive oil
Preparation Firstly, make fresh pasta from scratch
Add 100 grams of flour into a bowl Crack an egg and mix well with a fork until there is no liquid left unmixed Take the dough and lay it on the table with a sprinkle of flour Knead it for 5-10 minutes until fully softened and don’t forget to keep on adding pinches of flour so that it doesn’t become too sticky In a shape of a ball, wrap it up in a saran wrap for 20 -30 minutes While that is taking place, dice an onion and add it into a plate Half 4 red chili’s to give a spicy flavor and add it to another side of the plate Mince 3-4 cloves of garlic in small pieces and add it to the plate Tear/Chop 4 Thai basil leave stems and add it to the plate so that everything there will be with you when you start cooking Make sure you have 8-10 NZ green lipped mussels all boiled up and ready to go, about 2 minutes (hint: when you see that the mussels have risen and that the shells are slowly opening) 20 minutes should have passed by now, open the saran wrap, and to make sure it is ready, feel and see if it has softened Flatten the pasta into a rectangle shape and put it into the pasta rolling machine Keep the flour next to you in case dough become sticky Set the roller control to 2, 3,4,5 and then 6 to make sure it is long and is thin Cut the pasta sheet in half and then do the whole process again Use the fettuccine cutter Make sure the plate it is going to has flour so that it doesn’t stick together Take the pasta and boil it until risen and cooked which will take about 5 minutes Drain the pasta in cold water for a minute or so Add the pasta in a pan and slowly add the diced onions, chili, garlic and Thai basil leaves for about 5-10 minutes After adding the mussels stir for 5 minutes Enjoy your dish!...