Bucatini all’Elbana

Bucatini with Chopped Mussels

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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

  1. 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