Mussels with tomatoes & chilli

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• Lawrence

  25 August 2011

  Lawrence rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Cooked 2 kgs for the both of us as a main course and served it with both baguette and chips. The sauce was lovely, we reduced it a bit after we scooped out the mussels. We ended up eating it all, was scrumptios. One suggestion: perhaps to add the basil leaves in with the mussels and give them a shake to wilt a wee bit. We live in Holland and have plenty of mussels around so will make this one again for sure very soon!

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• Lawrence

  25 August 2011

  Lawrence commented on this recipe

  Cooked 2 kgs for the both of us as a main course and served it with both baguette and chips. The sauce was lovely, we reduced it a bit after we scooped out the mussels. We ended up eating it all, was scrumptious. One suggestion: perhaps to add the basil leaves in with the mussels and give them a shake to wilt a wee bit. We live in Holland and have plenty of mussels around so will make this one again for sure very soon!

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• kerse

  02 September 2011

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• LouRogers

  13 September 2011

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  Lovely

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• anabanana

  08 October 2011

  anabanana rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Lovely. Doubled the chilli and garlic and added a can of chopped tomatoes instead of the wine and some water too. Made a lovely spicy mussel soup.

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• big cook

  22 January 2012

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  bloody lovely

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• Captain T

  27 April 2012

  Captain T rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Used wine, tinned tomatoes, about three extra shallots plus extra garlic and chilli with seeds in my version. We like spice and heat. Fresh baguette to dip and slurp, delicious meal for two! Mussels are a great vehicle for strong flavours. I take great care in preparing mussels. First cleaning the shells then leaving them in a bucket of strongly salted water for a couple of hours. This seems to make them eject grit and sand, After that into fresh water with a little flour or finely milled oats some of which they digest and it seems to plump them up. We collect our mussels from the shoreline so this prep is necessary.

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• lizleicester

  08 May 2012

  lizleicester rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Approached this slightly nervously because I hadn't cooked mussels before but found Mary Cadogan's instructions clear and reassuring and the end result was delicious.

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• claire_80

  13 June 2012

  claire_80 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  So delicious and easy to make

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• jry

  11 October 2012

  jry commented on this recipe

  excellent

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• smartie

  11 November 2012

  smartie rated and commented on this recipe

  

  This was delicious and very quick and easy to make. It's fairly cheap too and makes a great midweek meal served with crusty bread.

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• Nic P

  05 January 2013

  Nic P commented on this recipe

  Delicious

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• Nic P

  05 January 2013

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  Whoops, forgot to rate it - definite 5 stars

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• Speed0

  25 January 2013

  Speed0 rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Really good recipe! Make sure you buy good fresh mussels for a nice flavour.

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• Nicola

  22 March 2013

  Nicola rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely delicious! No shop-bought or restaurant mussels have ever compared to this simple but tasty dish. I also doubled the garlic, chilli and tomato and served with some home made garlic bread. The perfect Friday night treat with a glass of white wine!

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• rosy

  15 June 2013

  rosy rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Amazing! it smelled so good i started eating it and forgot about the basil, i will be cooking this again.

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Ingredients

• 2 ripe tomatoes
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 garlic clove , finely chopped
• 1 shallot , finely chopped
• 1 red or green chilli , deseeded and finely chopped
• small glass dry white wine
• 1 tsp tomato paste
• pinch of sugar
• 1kg cleaned mussels
• good handful basil leaves

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Serves 2

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Prep 20 mins

Cook 10 mins

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Ingredients

• 2 ripe tomatoes
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 garlic clove , finely chopped
• 1 shallot , finely chopped
• 1 red or green chilli , deseeded and finely chopped
• small glass dry white wine
• 1 tsp tomato paste
• pinch of sugar
• 1kg cleaned mussels
• good handful basil leaves

Per serving

267 kcalories, protein 20g, carbohydrate 11g, fat 14 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 1g, sugar 6.5g, salt 1.16 g

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