Mussels Baked with Asian Pesto

This is a fun little appetizer or hors d’oeuvre. It can be assembled as much as a day ahead, refrigerated, and then baked at the last minute. Be sure to serve with little cocktail forks or spoons so that you can get every bit of the pesto out of the shell. (Actually, the best tool for this job is your tongue.) And of course, feel free to substitute any pesto you like for the Asian Pesto. The bonus in this recipe is that you also get the mussel stock, which is a delicious base for seafood so