Spicy Mussels

How these deliciously spicy mussels earned their name, “rabid tigers”, I have yet to discover but they are a popular nibble in many bars. The sauce is fabulous mopped up with bread.

The Rias Baixas, or estuaries of western Galicia, are the world’s most productive mussel beds. The mussels grow on ropes suspended from fleets of rafts that occupy the inlets. They are glorious just steamed with a little water and served immediately with a squeeze of lemon but for something spicier and g