You sometimes you just REALLY REALLY fancy something? That’s how I was yesterday. It’s been ages since I’ve had mussels. We went through a phase of always having them, but somewhere along the line we fell out of the habit. I think it was when we came back from holiday after living on king prawns and dorada.
SO when Mr. Aimee texted saying he fancied Italian for dinner I willingly leapt in the car with fatso and headed to the supermarket.
Mussels with Tomato & Chilli Sauce
2014-05-28 15:25:21
Serves 2
Yummy Seafood
Ingredients
- 1 punnet of cherry tomatoes – halved
- Garlic Clove finely chopped/Lazy Garlic – 1tsp
- Olive Oil
- Dried Chillies
- 2 glasses of white wine
- As many mussels as you can handle (I think we went for about 1kg *cough*)
- 4 nests of Tagliatelle
- GARLIC BREAD
Instructions
- Heat a good glug of olive oil in the frying pan, then add the garlic and a good pinch of dried chillis.
- Cook for about 1 minute before adding the cherry tomatoes – cover and cook for about 5 minutes, then add the white wine.
- Bring to boil then lower the heat to simmering, cover (I’ve had to cheat and use a chopping board as I have no lid for my frying pan), and leave to simmer for about 20ish minutes, stiring every now and then – you’ll know it’s going ok as long as the tomatoes soften into a sauce.
- Pre-heat the oven and heat a pan of salted water on the hob then add the pasta (and put the garlic bread in the oven).
- At this point stir in the mussels* simmer until cooked through.
- Stir in the pasta and serve.
Aimee Horton https://passthegin.co.uk/
Comments
Oh my word this looks good! I was drooling over these photos on Instagram and was hoping that you’d post this recipe so THANK YOU!
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I totally missed this comment first time ’round x
Yum, yum, yum x
Know it’s not new but you can add old recipes to my food linky too! Latest one is http://honestmum.com/tasty-tuesday-tasty-crab-cakes/
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DONE x
I am a huge mussel fan and this looks a great twist on the classic recipe. More beach combing for me now!
Wow thanks honey, need you now to move in and cook this for me x