
Oven-baked cataplana with mussels and prawns
One pot, one delight: This aromatic Cataplana with mussels and scampi is easy to make and brings the spices of the Mediterranean straight to your table.

Ingredients for 4 portion(s)
- 1 kg fresh mussels
- 8 raw king prawns, with head and shell on
- 500 g waxy potatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 80 g streaky bacon (rashers)
- 400 g plum tomatoes
- 2 peppers (yellow, red)
- 6 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp sweet paprika
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 250 ml white wine
- 200 ml fish stock
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 tbsp Kikkoman soy sauce
- a pinch of sugar
- 3 thyme sprigs
- ½ bunch fresh coriander leaves
- 2 tbsp flat leaf parsley leaves
Preparation
- Place the mussels and prawns in cold water.
- Rinse, peel, and chop the potatoes into small pieces. Then rinse the peppers and plum tomatoes and chop them into small pieces.
- Roughly dice the bacon. Peel and chop the onion and garlic and sauté in a pot over a gentle heat with the remaining olive oil and bacon.
- Add the tomato paste, paprika and bay leaves. Pour in the white wine and reduce the liquid by half.
- Preheat the oven to 200 °C.
- Now add the tomatoes, peppers, potatoes and prawns. Add the fish stock and season with sugar and Kikkoman soy sauce.
- Place the mussels and prawns in the pot and cook together in the oven on the middle shelf.
- In the meantime, chop the coriander and parsley, and pick the thyme leaves. Garnish with fresh herbs before serving.
Used products in this recipe
Ingredients for 4 portion(s)
- 1 kg fresh mussels
- 8 raw king prawns, with head and shell on
- 500 g waxy potatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 80 g streaky bacon (rashers)
- 400 g plum tomatoes
- 2 peppers (yellow, red)
- 6 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp sweet paprika
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 250 ml white wine
- 200 ml fish stock
- 2 bay leaves
- 4 tbsp Kikkoman soy sauce
- a pinch of sugar
- 3 thyme sprigs
- ½ bunch fresh coriander leaves
- 2 tbsp flat leaf parsley leaves