Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, mussels marinara. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Mussels Marinara is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look fantastic. Mussels Marinara is something which I have loved my whole life.
Steam fresh mussels in a fragrant, spicy and easy-to-make melange of garlic, tomatoes, oregano, basil, pepper flakes and wine. Buy fresh mussels from a reputable source, and discard any that do not open during steaming. Add mussels to pot along with beer, marinara sauce, salt, pepper, and pasta seasoning, and top off with fresh chopped tomatoes and fresh basil.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have mussels marinara using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Mussels Marinara:
- Take salt and water to cook the pasta
- Make ready linguine- cook by the package directions
- Get of an onion – finely diced
- Take each jalapeno – finely diced (with seeds makes spicier -Your choice:)
- Prepare garlic – finely chopped
- Prepare each mushrooms sliced
- Get grape tomatoes- quartered- or a cup of diced tomatoes
- Prepare olive oil
- Take dry,thyme
- Prepare dry,oregano
- Make ready pepper
- Make ready salt
- Prepare sugar (If you like a slightly sweeter sauce adjust at the end:)
- Prepare clam juice
- Prepare mussels cleaned - no dead ones
- Prepare tomato sauce
- Prepare basil - fine chiffonade/ribbon cut
- Get Parmesan
If you're a mussels fan, here's one of the best ways to prepare them: mussels marinara! This Italian-inspired dish is often on restaurant menus. Put mussels into a heavy skillet and add tomatoes, oil, wine, garlic, and seasoning. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
Steps to make Mussels Marinara:
- Clean mussels- they should be closed, and if anything is hanging off pull and cut seaweed or beard. If open tap on counter three or four times to see if it closes. If it stays open throw it away. Dead shellfish will make you very sick.
- Place a 4 quart pot on and fill with 2 quarts of water and bring to a boil add a 1/2 tablespoon of salt
- In a 4 quart pot, cook off pasta and set aside
- Add the thyme,oregano, pepper, salt, sugar and clam juice and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Add mussels and tomato sauce Cover and cook until mussels have opened about 10 minutes. Discard any mussels that have not opened after that. Toss in basil and adjust seasonings if needed.
- Mix the mussels and sauce with pasta and serve Parmesan on top as you like.
- Note -I like adding peeled shrimp and scallops to make a Seafood Marinara I add them at the same time as I add the mussels. The scallops should be firm and the shrimp pink.
Mussels are done when the shells open up (discard any that remain shut). If using frozen mussels, cook until completely heated through. Serve over linguine with crusty bread to sop up the juice. Mussels Marinara is a quick & easy recipe to make at home. Serve them with crusty bread as an appetizer, or over pasta as an entree.
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