Here comes Mussel Festival in Marina di Ravenna with opening seeFriday evening, June 28th to then continue Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June in Molo Dalmazia, in the Pescherecci Basin, with the aim of promoting this excellent local product and supporting the cozzari who continue to passionately practice this tough sea profession. The baptism of the party takes place with a preview on June 27th at Finisterre Beach with the inaugural dinner on the beach and a menu based on mussels with the collaboration of chef Mattia Borroni and “Trafila” by Erica Liverani. The Cozza Selvaggia from Marina di Ravenna is one of the most prized in Italy. The supply chain of this identifying product of our sea is important for economic, tourist, gastronomic and environmental purposes. The festival is held with the collaboration of the cozzari cooperatives that collect the mussels and the local restaurants – from the Ravenna beaches to the city of Ravenna – which include the Wild Mussels of Marina di Ravenna in their menus. Even large retailers and various fishmongers join the project, making the Wild Mussels of Marina di Ravenna available on their fish counters.
The event is promoted by Tuttifrutti Advertising Agency with the patronage of Slow Food Ravenna aps, the patronage and contribution of the Municipality of Ravenna, the contribution of Eni and the Eni Enrico Mattei-FEEM Foundation, the patronage of the Province of Ravenna, the Emilia Region Romagna, of the Chamber of Commerce of Ferrara Ravenna, of the Po Delta Park, of
AMA Mediterranean Aquaculture Association and the Emilia-Romagna Mussel Farmers Consortium. Confesercenti, Confcommercio, Legacoop Romagna and AGCI, the fishermen’s cooperatives La Romagnola, Nuovo Conisub, Gruppo Hera, Romagna Acque and also Cestha, Ulisse and the Pro Loco of Marina di Ravenna collaborate in the event. Media partners Radio Studio Delta and Ravennanotizie.it The center of the event in the three days of the festival is represented by the area of the fishing basin – between Molo Dalmazia and the former Fish Market – in Marina di Ravenna where meetings and show cooking will be held and where some stands will offer the public Wild Mussels. The stands will be managed by: Aurora Osteria & Cultura; L’Acciuga Osteria; Finisterre Beach Restaurant; Food Truck Savut; Fishermen from Marina di Ravenna; Ravenna Covered Market Restaurant. The festival also hosts a valuable fundraising initiative for charity in memory of Loris Barberini, a true mussel fisherman from Marina di Ravenna. The funds raised by family and friends will be used to purchase a defibrillator which will be placed in the fish market area.
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THE PARTY PROGRAM
THURSDAY 27 JUNE
From 7.00 pm – Finisterre Beach – PREVIEW. APERITIF AND OPENING DINNER ON THE BEACH
Aperitif in the new “Finisterre Beach- La Gastronomia” premises and dinner at the “Finisterre Beach-Ristorante”.
In an environment that has doubled the space, a menu based on mussels is served at the price of 35 euros all included.
Standing Aperitif:
Cevichedi mussels; Fried mussel with seaweed mayonnaise; Mussel au gratin; Mussel skewer; served with Baldan’s glass,
sangiovese vinified in white, classic method, from Calonga.
Dinner Served at the table:
• Mussel soup, potato foam and wild fennel;
• Extruded pasta (Erica Liverani’s Trafila), mussel amatriciana;
• San Patrignano crostino with mussels bourguignonne and wild herbs;
• Squacquerone di Sbrino ice cream, glasswort and mulberry jam.
Served with a bottle of Azzurro at the table, pagadebit Igt Forlì, Calonga.
Reservations at number 349 2841775
FRIDAY 28 JUNE
6.00 pm – Molo Dalmazia – INAUGURATION AND OPENING OF THE PARTY AT THE MOLO
6.30 pm – Fish Market Atrium – MUSSEL PREPARATORS IN THE RECIPE BOOK
Presentation of the book “Io Cucino La Selvaggia di Marina di Ravenna”, the new book of 14 recipes printed on the occasion of the 11th edition of the Mussel Festival with the collaboration of the Eni Enrico Mattei Foundation (FEEM). A true source of precious advice with recipes from chefs, fishermen and seafood enthusiasts.
SATURDAY 29 JUNE
10.00 am – Eni Pier – SEA TRIP (already sold out). Excursion with boats, in collaboration with Eni. Guided tour with approach to a platform and demonstration of mussel harvesting with underwater fishermen. A program full of emotions, with the flavor of mussels, where we also witness the release of some specimens of sea turtles into the sea, after the care received from Cestha.
6:30 pm – Fish Market Atrium – FROM THE MARKET TO THE TABLE THERE IS THE SEA IN THE MIDDLE
How does the mussel harvest look like this year? The protagonists, the legendary cozzari, or the underwater fishermen of the La Romagnola and Nuovo Conisub Cooperatives of Marina di Ravenna, tell us about it.
Participants:
Giuseppe Prioli, biologist, president of the Mussel Farmers’ Consortium of Emilia Romagna; Simone D’Acunto, director of Cestha;
Patrizia Masetti, head of the fishing sector at AGCI;
Mirco Bagnari, head of the fishing sector of Legacoop Romagna;
Barbara Monti, president of Slow Food Ravenna aps.
Followed by the tasting of Wild Mussels from Marina di Ravenna. This is followed by the tasting of mussels prepared by chef Rovena Mehemeti of the Circolo Aurora restaurant.
From 6pm to 7pm – Fish Market / Cestha – HAPPY HOUR WITH SEA TURTLES.
SUNDAY 30 JUNE
6.30pm – Fish Market Atrium – THE SEASONS OF THE SEA
The mussel fisher Sauro Alleati, from the Cooperativa La Romagnola, and the fisherman Roberto Melandri, a Slow Food Ravenna aps member, talk about the seasonality of mussels and fish from our sea and the best way to enjoy their flavour.
This is followed by a tasting of mussels prepared by chef Matteo Salbaroli of the L’Acciuga Osteria restaurant.
INFO: www.lacozzadiravenna.it
