Mussel vongole #eatwithjith Burnt my tongue. Was. Too. Excited
How can you make it, pray tell?
Mussel vongole
Ingredients:
- 1-2 pounds of Mussels (washed, de-bearded and opened mussels thrown out)
- 1 can of canned tomatoes (chopped)
- 1 can of tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon of diced red chilli (you can subsitute with with chilli flakes, add to your comfortable spice amount)
- 1/2 – 1 cup of red wine
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon of dried oregano
- 4 cloves of diced garlic
- 1 diced shallots
- 1/4 cup of olive oil
- spaghetti, cooked to al dente(enough for 3 servings)
- *to make it a heartier meal, you can add some vegetable like snow peas or spinach
- garnish with some cilantro
Instructions:
- Heat a large pot to medium with olive oil
- Add and sauted shallots and garlic until it turns slightly translucent
- Add in tomato paste and then canned crushed tomatoes. Stir and let it sit for a few minutes
- Add Oregano, basil and chillis
- Add mussels and red wine. Stir until properly combine
- Close pot with a lit and let it simmer
- Cook, stirring and tossing, until mussels have opened. Approx. 10 minutes. Throw away any that have not opened.
- *If you are adding in vegetables, add them in now, turn heat down to low and let vegetable cook
- Add in cooked spaghetti and toss into sauce well
Enjoy, Eat well and Be Merry!
Made it a double “M” feature night. mussels and margarita
Margaritas!
Ingredients:
- 3 lemons skin peeled and cut in half
- 1 tablespoon of water
- 2 tablespoons of agave or honey
- 1 can of soda water/tonic water
- 3 shots of tequila
- 1 shot of Grand Marnier
- a splash of salt
- *garnish sea salt to rim the glass
Utensils:
- paring knife
- magic bullet (or blender)
- jug
- lots of ice
- glasses
Instructions:
- *I very much dislike squeezing whole limes. So this is my handy dandy trick to getting lime juice without having to squeeze lemons
- Cut lemon in half using a paring knife and then I use pairing knife to peel lime rind off.
- Throw the peeled limes into a magic bullet (or blender) with about a tablespoon of water and whiz it till the juices are all out
- Strain the pulp from the lime juice and discard pulp
- Add the lime juice back into the magic bullet (blender), add in salt and agave and whiz until fully combined
- Pour this mixture into a jug full of ice.
- Add in soda water, tequila and Grand Marnier. Mix well.
- Pour margarita into salt rimmed glasses
Enjoy, Eat well and Be Merry!
EatWithJith 