Hey everyone, it’s me again, Bethany, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, mussels marinara. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Mussels Marinara is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re fine and they look wonderful. Mussels Marinara is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have mussels marinara using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mussels Marinara:

1. Take 1/2 tablespoon salt and water to cook the pasta
2. Prepare 8 ounces linguine- cook by the package directions
3. Get 1/2 of an onion – finely diced
4. Take 1/2 each jalapeno – finely diced (with seeds makes spicier -Your choice:)
5. Get 3-4 cloves garlic – finely chopped
6. Prepare 4 each mushrooms sliced
7. Get 1/2 pint grape tomatoes- quartered- or a cup of diced tomatoes
8. Prepare 1 ounce olive oil
9. Take 1/4 teaspoon dry,thyme
10. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon dry,oregano
11. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon pepper
12. Get 1 teaspoon salt
13. Get 1 1/2 teaspoon sugar (If you like a slightly sweeter sauce adjust at the end:)
14. Make ready 1 cup clam juice
15. Get 1-1 1/2 pounds mussels cleaned - no dead ones
16. Get 2 cups tomato sauce
17. Take 1 ounce basil - fine chiffonade/ribbon cut
18. Prepare as needed Parmesan

Instructions to make Mussels Marinara:

1. Clean mussels- they should be closed, and if anything is hanging off pull and cut seaweed or beard. If open tap on counter three or four times to see if it closes. If it stays open throw it away. Dead shellfish will make you very sick.
2. Place a 4 quart pot on and fill with 2 quarts of water and bring to a boil add a 1/2 tablespoon of salt
3. In a 4 quart pot, cook off pasta and set aside
4. Add the thyme,oregano, pepper, salt, sugar and clam juice and simmer for 5 minutes.
5. Add mussels and tomato sauce Cover and cook until mussels have opened about 10 minutes. Discard any mussels that have not opened after that. Toss in basil and adjust seasonings if needed.
6. Mix the mussels and sauce with pasta and serve Parmesan on top as you like.
7. Note -I like adding peeled shrimp and scallops to make a Seafood Marinara I add them at the same time as I add the mussels. The scallops should be firm and the shrimp pink.

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