Ganxet beans with mussels
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Serves: 4
 
Ingredients
  • 1 lb/500 g cooked ganxet beans
  • 4 lb/2 kg of mussels
  • 15-20 dried black olives, pitted and chopped
  • 2 scallions
  • 5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
  • ½ glass of white wine
  • 1 spring of fresh thyme
  • 1 bay leave
  • 12 black pepper grains
  • 1 garlic clove.
  • Fresh parsley
Instructions
  1. Wash and clean the mussels, removing the beards and dirt with a knife.
  2. In a casserole mix the white wine with the thyme, bay leaf, crushed garlic clove, pepper and one chopped scallion .
  3. Add the mussels well drained to the recipient, heat and cover with the lid.
  4. With the lid on, shake the casserole so that the mussels are well mixed with the ingredients. Repeat several times during cooking.
  5. Simmer for five minutes before opening the lid to check if mussels have opened.
  6. Once opened, remove them from the casserole and remove the mussels from its shells.
  7. Strain and reserve the cooking liquid.
  8. In a bowl combine the beans, mussels, finely chopped scallion, black olives and chopped parsley. Mix well.
  9. Mix by hand the liquid from the mussels with three tablespoons of olive oil to form an emulsion.
  10. Serve in a flat plate generously dressing the food with the emulsion. Check the salt before serving.
Culinary Tips
If you do not find Ganxet beans you can replace them by another type of white, small beans with smooth texture. It will not be the same but it will work. Italian Cannellini beans or Greek Papouda beans are both a nice substitute.
You can serve the dish as a warm salad or main dish. We recommend that you steam the beans for 10 minutes before using them. In any case they should not be dry before mixing them with other ingredients.
In summer, you can also serve them as a nice, refreshing cold salad.
Use a fruity extra virgin olive oil of the 'Arbequina' variety. The better the oil you use, the better the flavor.

Nutritional good news
Mussels are an excellent source of selenium and vitamin B12 and a good source of: iodine, zinc and folate. Your thyroid could´t be more happy!
Foods that are an "excellent source" of a particular nutrient provide 20% or more of the recommended daily value. Foods that are a "good source" of a particular nutrient provide between 10 and 20% of the recommended daily value.
Recipe by The Quotidian Cook at https://www.thequotidiancook.com/en/ganxet-beans-with-mussels/