Mussels cooked in pasta sauce
 
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Recipe type: Seafood
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 kg of fresh blue mussels
  • 1 jar of pasta sauce (570ml) (I used Napoletana)
  • 1 onion
  • 2 garlic cloves
  • 2 chilies
  • ½ bunch of flat leaf parsley
  • ½ cup of white wine
  • 2 tbsp of olive oil
  • salt & pepper
  • 1 lemon (to serve)
  • crusty bread (to serve)
Instructions
  1. Wash and clean the mussels. Remove beards and debris. Rinse and put aside.
  2. Chop the onion, crush the garlic, slice the chilies, chop the parsley, and quarter the lemon.
  3. In a saucepan, add the olive oil and increase the heat to medium. Add the onion, garlic, and chilies. Stir until softened and light brown.
  4. Add the pasta sauce, wine, and salt & pepper. Stir through and simmer for a few minutes.
  5. Add the mussels. Stir through and simmer until the shells open. Don't overcook.
  6. Add ½ of the parsley and stir through.
  7. Taste test. Adjust if need be.
  8. Serve immediately. Garnish with remaining parsley. Serve with crusty bread and lemon wedges.
  9. Bon appetit & sern sap!
Recipe by Padaek at http://padaek.com/mussels-cooked-pasta-sauce/