Name: Macgregor’s Mussels in Chunky Tomato Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: a small bunch of parsley, finely chopped (reserve a little for garnishing); 1–2 tsp sugar; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1–2 tbsp olive oil; 1 kg fresh west coast or Shetland mussels, with barnacles and beards removed; 2 red onions, roughly chopped; 6 garlic cloves, crushed; 200 ml dry white wine; 12 beef tomatoes, roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A Taste of the Highlands

By Ghillie Basan

Published 2021

About

History and storytelling are at the heart of MacGregor’s Bar in Inverness, through song and music, hospitality and food. There are pianos, spare accordions and fiddles available around the bar for any musician popping in for a tune; live music is on tap seven nights a week. The Sunday Sessions have become legendary as they often feature some of Scotland’s most talented musicians. Owner Bruce MacGregor is one of Scotland’s finest fiddlers. He has toured the world with his ba