MELISSA'S MUSSELS

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Serve these mussels as an appetizer with some crusty bread or as a meal over linguini. It is sure to please mussel lovers!

Provided by Melissa Rapoza Fragoza

Time 40m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

5 pounds mussels, cleaned and debearded
1 large onion, diced
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
5 large cloves garlic, chopped
1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle beer
½ cup red wine
2 tablespoons peppercorns in brine, crushed

Steps:

In a large pot (or the kitchen sink basin), soak the mussels 10 minutes in enough lightly salted cold water to cover.
In a separate large pot, mix the onion, tomatoes, garlic, beer, wine, and peppercorns. Place the mussels in the pot, and bring to a boil. Cook 10 minutes, reduce heat to low, and continue cooking 5 minutes, until mussels open. Discard unopened mussels.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 209.3 calories, Carbohydrate 16.7 g, Cholesterol 44.5 mg, Fat 1.4 g, Fiber 2 g, Protein 19.1 g, SaturatedFat 0.1 g, Sodium 615.9 mg, Sugar 6.1 g