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Preparation time
10min
Total time
27min
Portion
2 portion(s)
Level
easy

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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Recipe's preparation

  1. Place parsley and basil in Closed lid and chop 3 seconds, speed 7.  Transfer to a serving bowl.


    Place garlic & chili* in Closed lid and chop 3 seconds, speed 7.


    Place onion and capsicum into Closed lid and chop 3 seconds, speed 5.


    Scrape down sides of bowl, add olive oil and saute 5 minutes, varoma, Gentle stir setting.


    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 Closed lid  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.

 

Thermomix Model

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    Recipe is created for
    TM 31

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