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Spaghetti with Mussels in Tomato Sauce

06/11/2015 by Franceska Leave a Comment

Spaghetti with Mussels

As I made that cute colored spaghetti with squid ink, I had to prepare some flavorful seafood sauce. I had a small pack of mussels in the freezer, really small one (250 g), but it was enough for two portions. There are numerous ways of preparing mussels sauce, I prefer the one with lemon juice, butter, and herbs or this one that I will write about in this post. This is the recipe my grandpa used to prepare often, with fresh mussels, so if you can buy some fresh mussels, the sauce will be more flavorful. The recipe is quite simple and it will take you only 30 minutes to prepare it, without counting the time for making fresh pasta if you decide to make it at home. You can find the recipe here.

Spaghetti with Mussels

Mussels in a creamy tomato sauce pair great with homemade spaghetti. If you haven’t eaten mussels in any other sauce than a white wine sauce, it is time to try this light recipe packed with flavor. You can prepare the sauce with mussels in shells although the sauce will be much tastier if you discard the shells from at least half of the mussels and cook the mussel flesh in the tomato sauce.

Spaghetti with Mussels

There is another way of preparing this recipe, by making it one-pan mussel dish. After adding the tomato sauce and the mussels, you add spaghetti directly into the sauce and cook it for 10 minutes, stirring often, especially if you have fresh spaghetti. You should add some water if the sauce is getting too thick. This is a great way to make savory spaghetti with mussels and that’s exactly the way my grandpa used to prepare it. It will never taste as his did, but it is delicious anyway. I don’t know if it ever happened to you too, but to me this thing happened so many times – it doesn’t matter how hard I try, I never, ever get to prepare a dish to taste as when my grandparents prepared it, even if using the same ingredients and amounts… I really don’t get it… After my grandma passed away, my mom tried to cook some dishes her mom used to cook for us, but they never tasted the same way.

So, let me know what you think if you prepare this recipe. Enjoy your pasta! 🙂

Recipe - Spaghetti with Mussels in Tomato Sauce

Spaghetti with Mussels
Spaghetti with Mussels

Spaghetti with Mussels in Tomato Sauce

  Pasta & Seafood

November 6, 2015

  • Prep: 10 mins
  • Cook: 25 mins
  • Yields: 4 Servings

Ingredients

320 g Spaghetti

1 kg Mussels

1 Garlic Clove

250 g Tomato Sauce

4 tbsp Extra-Virgin Olive Oil

1 tbsp chopped Parsley

Salt and Pepper. to taste

Directions

1Warm the olive oil in a skillet and add minced garlic, chopped parsley and a few mussels. Cook for 2 minutes.

2Add the tomato sauce and cook covered over medium heat until the sauce begins to boil. Add the rest of mussels and cook over low heat.

3Salt and Pepper to taste.

4Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil and drain the spaghetti 2 minutes before the time indicated on the package or in the recipe if homemade.

5Put spaghetti in the skillet with the sauce, toss well to coat and cook for two minutes over medium heat. Add some pasta water if the sauce is getting too thick (or mussels water if you pre-cooked* them)

6Sprinkle with some chopped parsley and serve immediately.

If you bought fresh closed mussels you will need to put them in salted boiling water for about 2 minutes or until they open. Scarpe the barnacles off with a knife and rinse them.

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