1- In a large pot pour your seawater then bring to a boil, add your pasta for 15 minutes of gentle cooking then turn off the heat and cover.
2- Meanwhile in a cocotte, add white wine, shallots, cream and turmeric, a pinch of fine salt then bring to a boil, add your mussels, cover and turn off heat when they open.
3- Drain your mussels over a bowl then pour this juice back and reduce by half.
4- Meanwhile drain your pasta and carefully add it to this reducing juice.
5- Then remove the mussels from their shells and add them to the pasta, taste and adjust seasoning.
6- Plate your conghiglioni on beautiful hot plates, fill them with your mussels and sprinkle a few strips of preserved peppers and a few nasturtium leaves (if you have them).
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