Name: Bucatini all’Elbana (Bucatini with Chopped Mussels)
Prep time: 55 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Serves 3 as a main course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1.75 kg (4 lb) live mussels on the shell; 8 garlic cloves; 6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 300 g (10 oz) bucatini; 2 unwaxed lemons, quartered; 1 small dried chilli, crumbled; 4 tablespoons chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Preparation info

Serves
3
as a main course

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
55 min

Appears in

Pasta-lover's Cookbook

By Anna Del Conte

Published 1994

About

In this recipe from the island of Elba, nearly all the mussels are chopped, thus making a delicious fishy ragù.

Ingredients

1.75 kg (4 lb) live mussels on the shell
2 unwaxed lemons, quartered
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Method

Clean the mussels by scraping off the barnacles and tugging off the beards. Scrub them thoroughly and throw away any mussels that remain open after being tapped on a hard surface. Put the mussels in a large sauté pan, together with the lemons and 6 garlic cloves. Cover the pan and cook until the mussels open, which will take about 4 minutes. Shake the pan frequently during