Galician mussels in escabeche
Xiana Otero in A Illa de Arousa · 115 g tin
£7.70
VAT included
In London you can find it in these shops.
Before you order it to your door, see if a shop is near you. They keep it for you and you pick it up when it suits you.
- Colmado Hackney
Chatsworth Road 61, London
Tue to Fri 12:00 to 20:00 · Sat to Sun 11:00 to 17:00
- Despensa Northcote
Northcote Road 74, London
Mon to Fri 10:00 to 19:00 · Sat 10:00 to 17:00
If there is no shop near you, we send it to your door.
Delivery to United Kingdom: £17.10, 4 to 6 days.
Delivery already includes customs and taxes. You pay nothing more when it arrives.
Who makes it
Xiana Otero is thirty-six and has two mussel rafts in the Ría de Arousa. Her father set them up in 1974. She is the first woman in her family to work the rafts and one of the few on the island.
As a child she got seasick on the boat. She studied business in Santiago and worked at a bank in Vigo. When her father said he was selling the rafts, Xiana asked for them to be put in her name.
She says you do not feed the mussels: the estuary does. If the estuary is healthy, the mussels are healthy. Every tin sold abroad is a raft that does not get sold to a fund.
How it is made
01
The mussels grow on the raft, hanging from ropes, for a year and a half.
02
They are brought up onto the boat, cleaned and steamed the same day.
03
They are fried briefly and laid in the tin one by one.
04
They are covered with an escabeche of oil, vinegar, paprika and bay leaf.
Other regions
A Illa de Arousa is an island joined to the mainland by a bridge, in the middle of the largest estuary in Galicia. From the quay you can see hundreds of mussel rafts.
What we are allowed to say
Mussels are high in vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
What they do so it lasts
- 01Nothing is fed on the raft: the mussels filter the water of the estuary.
- 02The growing ropes are reused for several seasons.
- 03The tin is aluminium and can be recycled.
Where your money goes
- Xiana Otero
- £3.30
- 47%
- Transport
- £0.50
- 7%
- @seis
- £1.30
- 18%
- The shop or home delivery
- £2.00
- 28%
Out of £7.00, the price before VAT. The VAT, £0.70, goes to the state.
What the label says
- Format
- 115 g tin
- Ingredients
- Mussels, olive oil, wine vinegar, salt, paprika, bay leaf and cloves.
- Allergens
- Contains molluscs and sulphites.
- Storage
- In the cupboard. Once open, in the fridge and within two days.
- Best before
- 5 years from packing.
- Seal
- No seal
- Made in
- A Illa de Arousa, Other regions
