Mussels in Spicy Tomato Sauce

Name: Mussels in Spicy Tomato Sauce
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) live mussels, scrubbed and debearded; French fries or thick slices of crusty bread (optional); 2 tablespoons ’nduja paste or 1 red chilli, chopped; 125 ml (4½ fl oz) white wine; ½ tablespoon olive oil; 1 × 400-g (14-oz) tin chopped tomatoes; 2 banana shallots, finely chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed; Small handful of finely chopped parsley

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Tinned Tomatoes Cookbook

By Samuel Goldsmith

Published 2024

About

Mussels are a reasonably inexpensive protein, which are super-quick to cook and yet feel incredibly indulgent. You can swap out the ’nduja for a chopped red chilli, if you like, but I really do recommend the ’nduja as the flavour is amazing – smoky and spicy.

Ingredients

½ tablespoon olive oil
2 banana shallots, finely chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed</

Stew
Fish course
Pescatarian
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Heat the oil in a large saucepan with a lid over a medium heat. Add the shallots and fry for 4-5 minutes to soften before adding the garlic and frying for a further minute. Stir in the ’nduja and cook for a minute to release the flavours.

Pour in the tinned tomatoes and wine and then simmer for 5 minutes.

Discard any broken or open mussels (give them a flick first to see if they