Green Pasta with Mussels and Bacon

Name: Green Pasta with Mussels and Bacon
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 350 g/12 oz fresh or dried green tagliatelle or tagliolini; salt; freshly grated Parmesan cheese, to serve; black pepper; 2.25 litres (4 pints) mussels; 2 large cloves garlic; 225 g/8 oz rindless smoked streaky bacon; 2 large handfuls fresh parsley; 50 g/2 oz butter; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 150 ml/¼ pint double cream

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Josceline Dimbleby’s Complete Cookbook

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 1997

About

Mussels are one of the most richly flavoured, nutritious and yet inexpensive shellfish. Since they are so often served in their shells as moules marinière it is nice to make the most of them in a different way, as in this recipe.

Ingredients

2.25 litres (4 pints) mussels
2 large cloves garlic

Main course
Pasta
Gluten-free

Method

Wash and scrub the mussels but don’t bother about scraping off any barnacles. Pour about 1.25 cm/½ in of water into a large saucepan and put over the heat. Add the mussels, cover the pan and bring to the b