Spaghetti with mussels and fresh tomatoes. An unmissable collection of classic, simple European recipes from Angela Hartnett, the leading female chef in the UK today. Mussels, tomato sauce and white wine come together in this pasta recipe that you will relish from the first bite to the last. If you are a lover of seafood, this pasta dish is probably one of the best that you can create with mussels. Spaghetti with mussels and fresh tomatoes

You can have Spaghetti with mussels and fresh tomatoes using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Spaghetti with mussels and fresh tomatoes
  1. Prepare 500 g of spaghetti.
  2. You need of About 250 g of fresh mussels.
  3. It’s Handful of chopped cherry tomatoes.
  4. It’s of Olive oil.
  5. It’s of Fresh parsley.
  6. You need Clove of garlic.
  7. Prepare of Glug of wine.
  8. It’s to taste of Salt.

Cut the cored tomatoes in half horizontally. Wash the mussels and remove any beards (the bits that hang from them like seaweed) using a small knife. Then in a hot, dry pan, add the mussels, place a lid on and steam. Drain the spaghetti well, add the sauce and the mussels, toss together, then divide between two bowls and serve immediately.

Spaghetti with mussels and fresh tomatoes step by step

  1. Clean mussels well, remove beard etc. Cook pasta according to instructions in salted water. Fry garlic gently in oil for 2 mins.

  2. Add mussels. Cover and cook on medium heat for 2 mins.

  3. Add wine and let it evaporate.

  4. Add chopped tomatoes, stir and cook uncovered for 2-3 mins. Remove garlic.

  5. Drain pasta al dente, add to sauce, add chopped parsley. Mix well for 1 min.

  6. Serve and enjoy :).

You may be able to find more information about this. Thick tomato sauces overwhelm mussels, which is why I use fresh instead of tinned tomatoes or passata. Cherry tomatoes taste sweet all year round and I like to have chunks of tomato flesh instead of a purée. Photo "Spaghetti with tomatoes and mussels" can be used for personal and commercial purposes according to the conditions of the purchased Royalty-free license. Cook spaghetti according to package directions.