Mussels Ala Don

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 -8 large garlic cloves
• 4 -5 leaves fresh basil
• 1 -2 tablespoon parsley
• 1 -2 tablespoon olive oil
• 2 lemons, juice of
• 1 tablespoon of mrs. dash spicy seasoning mix
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• black pepper
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 1 tablespoon red pepper flakes (*)
• 1 cup wine
• 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
• 1 (32 ounce) can of chopped clams
• 4 lbs of cleaned mussels
• 1 lb linguine

Recipe

• 1 combine all in mini food processor and chop until fine (not paste).
• 2 heat 1/2 cup olive oil in stock pot.
• 3 add in garlic/basil mixture and heat (do not let garlic burn).
• 4 add in juice from 2 lemons (or 1/3 cup of lemon juice), 1 tbs of mrs. dash spicy seasoning, 2 tbs butter, 1 tsp salt, good amount of black pepper, 1 tbs of oregano, and 1 tbs of red pepper flakes*, heat on high heat until bubbling.
• 5 stir in 1 cup of wine and bring to boil, allow to reduce slightly.
• 6 stir in 1 can of crushed tomatoes and let cook for 10 minutes.
• 7 stir in 1 large can (29 oz) of chopped clams (drained-leaving some clam juice), heat to bubbling.
• 8 when boiling, add in 4 lbs of cleaned mussels, cover and allow mussels to steam open.
• 9 just before serving, stir 1/4 cup parsley, thoroughly stir and heat through.
• 10 serve over linguini.
• 11 for variation, toast 1-2 cups of bread crumbs, and sprinkle over pot right before serving (do not serve with pasta, since sauce will be absorbed by breadcrumbs).
• 12 *heat (spice) can be adjusted with less red pepper flakes, need at least 1/2-1 tsp, to max of 1 tbs.