Moules Portuguese

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 6 tablespoons olive oil
• 6 tablespoons onions, finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, rushed
• 2 teaspoons spanish paprika
• 1 piece chorizo sausage, sliced (7 inch piece)
• 2 fresh red chilies, deseeded and chopped
• 2 cups passata
• 3 lbs mussels, cleaned and debearded
• 6 tablespoons dry wine
• 2 egg tomatoes, quartered
• 8 new potatoes, halved and cooked
• 6 tablespoons basil, shredded
• fresh ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat 4 tablespoons of the olive oil in a frying pan over medium-low heat. add the onion and garlic, cover the pan and leave to sweat for 2 minutes.
• 2 stir in the paprika and continue to cook, covered, for 5 minutes.
• 3 add the sliced chorizo and the chili cooking for a further 5 minutes.
• 4 pour in the tomato sauce and simmer without the lid, stirring occasionally, for 5-7 minutes until thickened.
• 5 while the sauce is cooking, heat the remaining oil in a heavy-based pan over medium-high heat.
• 6 add the mussels and wine. cover with a tight-fitting lid and cook for about 5 minutes, shaking the pan occasionally, until the mussels open. (discard any that do not open.)
• 7 pour the tomato sauce over the mussels, add the fresh tomato, potatoes and a twist of black pepper. reduce the heat and simmer for a few minutes to heat through.
• 8 add the basil and pour into a bowl. serve immediately.