Pasifika-Flavours

Mussel

Chowder

Method

PASIFIKA PLATE

Preheat a pot on the stove to medium high heat

Once the pot is hot, drizzle extra virgin olive oil

Once the oil is hot, add onion and garlic. Cook for

1-2 mins until they are soft

Add celery, carrot and stir to combine. Allow it to cook

for 2 mins

Add potatoes, pour in water and allow the mixture to

come to a boil

Place the mussels inside the pot then close the lid for

the mussels to cook and flavours to infuse

Once the shells of the mussels have cracked open,

remove the mussels from the pot to a board and allow

them to cool

Add peas and corn into the pot then allow it to cook

for 1-2 mins

Add evaporated milk and cornflour paste and

allow it to simmer

Once the mussels have cooled down, remove the flesh

and chop into bite sized pieces

Once completed, add the chopped mussels into the

pot and mix to combine all the ingredients

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Ingredients

· Extra virgin olive oil

· 1 onion (diced)

· 4 garlic cloves

· 2 celery stalks (diced)

· 2 carrots (diced)

· 4 small potatoes (diced)

· 2 ½ cups water

· 20 mussels

· 1 cup green peas

· 1 cup corn kernels

· 1 can evaporated milk

· 2 tbsp cornflour (mixed

with water to create a

paste)

SERVES 6