Have you ever thought about preparing pasta with peppered mussels? We did it and the result was truly exquisite. The idea came to us on the occasion of Holy thursday, when mussels become the absolute protagonists. In fact, during the week before Easter it is tradition to prepare mussel soup. So good that we are thinking of using it for season the pasta. It therefore seems like the right time to propose to you a different first course than usual. With this at the table you will surely surprise your guests and taste an excellent first course.
Pasta with peppered mussels
Ingredients
- spaghetti 400 g
- mussels 1 kg
- peppercorns 1 and a half tablespoons
- garlic 2 cloves
- parsley 1 bunch
- salt
- oil
Preparation
Let’s start cooking pasta with mussel pepper preparing seafood. The first thing to do is remove the byssus. Pull it firmly by holding it between your thumb and forefinger. Now scrape the shells using a steel net and rinse them with running water. Let it brown the garlic cloves together with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil. Add the mussels and cover with a lid. Turn off the heat when all the mussels are cooked completely open. Leave to cool a little, then remove the mussels and shell them. Filter their sauce and keep it aside.
Put the water for the pasta on the heat. Don’t salt it too much, because the mussel sauce is already there very salty. Chop the pepper using a mortar. Drop the spaghetti. In a pan let it toast the pepper. Add a ladle of pasta cooking water and a ladle of filtered mussel sauce. Cook for a few minutes. Drain the pasta halfway through cooking, to continue it in the pan with the pepper. Also add the mussels. Continue until the spaghetti is ready. There pasta with peppered mussels ready. Serve and complete with another sprinkling of pepper.
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