The Recipe for Pasta with Mussels and Chickpea

This dish is good for a nice family dinner or supper. Pasta with seafood is a Mediterranean diet dish that is always popular. The recipe includes chickpea, on the Italian – cecci, a Turkey kind of pea which you will have to boil before you start making the dish.

Ingredients for Pasta with Mussels

• 2.2 lb mussels in shells
• 0.7 lb pasta laganelle or other
• 0.4 lb chickpea
• 5-6 tablespoons grated tomatoes
• 1-2cm fresh ginger
• half a glass white dry wine
• parsley, olive oil, salt, pepper

Recipe for Pasta with Mussels

1. Pour some olive oil onto a frying pan and fry finely chopped garlic and ginger.

1. Pour in wine, add tomatoes and chickpeas with parsley.

1. In about 5 minutes put in shelled mussels, salt, pepper and turn off the heat in another 3 minutes.

1. Boil the paste till al’dente, drain through a colander and put into the hot sauce.