🦪 Mussels in Spicy Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

• 🦪1.75 lb (800 g) fresh mussels
• 🍅3/4 cup (7 oz / 200 g) crushed tomatoes
• 🧄3 cloves garlic
• 🫒2 tsp (11 ml) olive oil
• 🧂to taste salt
• 🌶️1 tsp hot paprika

How to make it, step by step

1. Clean the mussels, pulling off the beards and discarding any that are open and don't close when tapped.
2. Sauté the sliced garlic in hot oil for 1 minute. Add the crushed tomatoes, salt and hot paprika. Cook for 4 minutes.
3. Add the mussels, cover the pot and turn up the heat. Cook for 4-5 minutes until all have opened.
4. Discard any mussels that did not open. Serve with the broth from the pot.