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Mussels Sauce

Type: Fish, Shellfish
Courses: Sauces
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

4 lbs 1816g / 64ozMussels
  Water - as needed
6 cups 1422mlTom Scorza's Basic Tomato Sauce - (see recipe)

Recipe Instructions

Soak mussels in cold salted water 20 minutes. Trim beards and drain. Cook mussels covered in 1 cup water in large pot over high heat, shaking often, until shells open, 5 to 7 minutes. Discard mussels whose shells don't open.

Place mussels on pasta with slotted spoon, then ladle on hot Basic Tomato Sauce. Serve immediately.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Each serving without pasta: 289 calories; 1,309 mg sodium; 27 mg cholesterol; 12 grams fat; 27 grams carbohydrates; 16 grams protein; 2.45 grams fiber

Source:
The Los Angeles Times, 04-14-1999

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