Mussels pasta recipe

Method

• Put the pan on the medium heat, pour 1 tablespoon olive oil and cook onion until soft 4-5 minutes.

  Add minced garlic and cook about 40 seconds.

  

  

• Add tomato sauce, season with salt and simmer about 15 min.

  (you can use ready-made tomato juice, or you can to peel tomatoes and grind them in a blender)

  

  

• Mussels preparation.

  1. Peel a garlic. Separately put the pan on the heat, add  1 tablespoon olive oil and cook garlic for 1 minute.

  2. Add mussels and cook until they open, about 10 minutes. After that put mussels to a bowl. Pour in white wine and allow them to evaporate. 

  

  

  

• 1.Prepare a separate skillet. Put there 1 tablespoon olive oil and cook clams until they open, about 10 minutes. 

  2.Remove 1/2 of the mussels and 1/2 of the clams from their shells. 

  3.Add all clams and mussels with and without shells to the tomato sauce. (You can add clams optional)

  4.Add red pepper flakes and cook for a few minutes.

  

  

• Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water about 12 minutes. After 12 min, drain the water. 

   

  

  

• Mix spaghetti with tomato sauce and mussels. Add parsley and season with salt and pepper. Serve pasta with Parmesan.