Pasta With Mussels Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 4 lbs fresh mussels

Recipe

• 1 wash mussels in several changes of fresh water; using a small knife, remove"beards".
• 2 soak mussels for about 30 minutes in cold water containing a handful of salt& a handful of flour.
• 3 this will remove any sand inside the mussels.
• 4 in a large saucepan, stir together the wine, garlic, 2 tbsp of the parsley& the pepper.
• 5 drain the mussels& add to pot.
• 6 cook over high heat until steaming; reduce heat to low, cover& steam until shells open (about 5- 7 minutes).
• 7 discard any that don't open.
• 8 using a fork, remove the mussels from their shells, letting the liquid from the shells drain back into the pot.
• 9 if you want, you can reserve 5 or 6 unopened as a garnish.
• 10 set the mussels aside in a warm serving dish.
• 11 cook the liquid in the pot over high heat until reduced to about 3/4 cup.
• 12 stir in butter, lemon juice& tomato paste; pour over mussels.
• 13 garnish with remaining parsley& serve hot over your favourite pasta.