Pasta recipe with mussel sauce

The recipe for pasta with mussel sauce that we shares below is a dish full of nuances and aromas, ideal to serve when we have guests over and we want to surprise them with an exquisite yet simple meal. Likewise, if you are a lover of seafood, you cannot miss the opportunity to try this dish!

Although he proposes making homemade pasta, you can also carry out the step by step with any type of pasta already made, always following the instructions on the package to cook it. Don’t think twice, stay and discover how to make pasta with mussel sauce.

Ingredients to make Pasta with mussel sauce:

• 250 grams of Pasta
• 500 grams of crushed tomato
• 1 kilogram of mussels
• 6 dessert spoons of olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves
• ½ red pepper
• 1 pinch of Pepper
• 1 pinch of salt
• 2 branches of parsley

How to make Pasta with mussel sauce:

1. To make this recipe you can use the type of pasta that you like the most.
2. Thus, you can make spaghetti with mussel sauce, noodles and even homemade stuffed pasta, following the stuffed pasta dough recipe.
3. I have opted for some homemade noodles.
4. Once the pasta is selected, the first thing to do is steam the mussels.
5. To do this, we put a pot on the fire with a little water, add the mussels and cover.
6.  When they are ready, we remove them, remove the shells and reserve them.
7. And if you want to give the sauce an extra touch, don’t miss the recipe for steamed mussels with white wine and garlic. Once ready, remove the shells anyway and reserve them.
8. Tip:Save the mussel bro, you will use it in the following steps!
9. Finely chop the parsley and garlicto continue preparing the pasta with mussel sauce recipe.
10. Likewise, we wash the pepper and cut it into squares of the size that we like the most. Then, we sauté these ingredients in hot olive oil, over medium heat.
11. When we see that the pepper is ready, we return to the broth from the mussels, strain it and add it to the previous preparation to make a sauce full of flavor.
12. We raise the temperature of the fire and let it boil forapproximately 3 minutes.
13. After the time has elapsed, we add the crushed tomato, salt and pepper to taste, and let it continue cooking for 5 more minutes without lowering the temperature.
14. Then, to continue making the mussel sauce for pasta, add the shelled mussels and cook over low heat for 1 minute so that the flavors of the recipe are incorporated.
15. Separately, cook the selected pastauntil al dente. How? Very easy, we add a pinch of salt to the water, add the pasta when it starts to boil, lower the heat a little and let it cook until it is ready. We remove it and strain it.
16. Now, we have two options: mix the pasta with the sauce or serve it and add the sauce on top.
17. For example, I like the second option better, since that way the flavors of both the pasta, especially if it is homemade, and the sauce are perceived much better