Ingredients
Tomato sauce
- 2 large handfuls flat leaf parsley
- 2 tablespoons large handfuls basil leaves
- 3 cloves garlic, peeled
- 1 Long Red Chili
- 1 small Spanish onion, peeled, cut in ½
- ½ red capsicum, seeds removed
- 20 g olive oil
- 1000 grams mussels, extra large**
- 1 punnet grape tomatoes
- 125 g tomato passatta
- 125 g red wine
- Freshly ground black pepper
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Varoma
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Spatula TM5/TM6
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Place parsley and basil in and chop 3 seconds, speed 7. Transfer to a serving bowl.
Place garlic & chili* in and chop 3 seconds, speed 7.
Place onion and capsicum into and chop 3 seconds, speed 5.
Scrape down sides of bowl, add olive oil and saute 5 minutes, varoma, .
Meanwhile, prepare mussels by wiping the shells and removing beards. (Even the pot ready mussels still contain beards and they are not nice stuck in your teeth!) Grab the beard between thumb and pointer and pull very hard away from the hinge of the mussel. Add mussels to the varoma dish.
Add tomatoes, passatta, half of the herbs and plenty of pepper to Secure varoma in place. Cook 10 minutes, varoma, speed 2.
Transfer any open mussles to serving bowl and steam remaining mussels for further 2 minutes. Be super careful not to overcook.
Transfer remaining mussels to the serving dish and pour over the tomato sauce, herbs and lots more black pepper.
Serve with crusty bread and a crisp green salad.
Tip
*If you do not like your food spicy, remove the seeds from the chili before beginning this dish.
**If you can not find the extra large mussels. You need to reduce the cooking time.
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Recipe is created for
TM 31
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Comments
Really beautiful dish
Brilliant. I loved this. Will make it again soon
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