Pasta con Le Cozze

This is one of the easiest ways to enjoy the delicious combination of pasta with shellfish. The recipe is a famous speciality of Campomarino, a seaside resort on the Ionian coast in the province of Salento in Puglia. Mussels are extremely popular in the area, and the locals like to eat them raw with just a squeeze of lemon juice. In this recipe, they are flavoured almost as simply, with oil, garlic and parsley, and cooked briefly in a frying pan.