Mussels In Tomato Sauce. Fresh mussels steamed in tomato sauce and served over pasta is the ultimate comfort food! Take this tomato sauce with bacon and wine, for example. This is one of those dishes that you might only think to order in a restaurant, but it's actually very doable in a home kitchen!
Stir in the parsley, tomatoes, thyme, and red-pepper flakes. San Marzano plum tomatoes—known for their pure tomato flavor—are the secret supermarket find in this super quick simmering sauce. As the mussels open, the sauce flavors the briny meat in the shells. You can have Mussels In Tomato Sauce using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Mussels In Tomato Sauce
- Prepare of Mussels.
- It's 1 of Salt and pepper.
- Prepare 1 of Onion.
- Prepare 2 clove of Fresh garlic.
- You need 3 tbsp of Tomato paste.
- You need 1/2 cup of Tomato sauce.
- You need 1 pinch of Fresh oregano.
- It's 1/2 tsp of Cumin.
- It's of Olive oil.
- You need 1/2 of Lemon.
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Mussels In Tomato Sauce instructions
- Wash your mussels and prepare a sauce pan..
- Put your mussels and add a bit of water and cover for 5-10 minutes..
- Drain water from sauce pan and put mussels aside..
- Add olive oil, and onions and cook for 1-2 minutes..
- Add your tomato paste, tomato sauce, salt and pepper , cumin ,garlic and lemon..
- Add your mussels , and fresh oregano. Cover and let it cook for 15-20 minutes..
- Your done! Top with some fresh parsley to taste xxx.
Leave mussels to cool in bowl until easily removed from shells. Remove half from shells and leave other half intact. Taste a mussel; if it is sandy, give them all a very quick rinse and drain in a colander. Transfer to a bowl and keep covered while you make tomato sauce. Onions, garlic and red hot pepper finely cut.