MUSSELS MARINARA
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove
- crushed
- ½ red chilli
- seeds removed and finely chopped
- 1 large vine tomato
- chopped
- 6tbsp dry white wine
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 110g/4oz mussels
- beards removed (discard any opened mussels that don't close when tapped firmly)
- 1 lemon
- cut into 4 wedges
Directions
- Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the garlic
- chilli and tomato for two minutes. Add the wine and simmer until the sauce has reduced by half. Season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Add the mussels and cover with a lid. Simmer in the liquid for 3-4 minutes until the shells have opened. Discard any mussels with shells that have not opened. Squeeze over the juice from one lemon wedge.
- Lift out the mussels
- arrange in a shallow bowl and spoon over the sauce. Garnish with the remaining lemon wedges to serve.

