Prep. Time: 10 minutes
Cook. Time: 10 minutes
Ready In: 20 minutes
Servings: 3
Ingredients:
• ¾ cup white wine
• ¾ cup tomato and clam juice cocktail
• 3 cloves garlic - peeled and sliced
• ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 pound (453.5 g) mussels, cleaned and debearded
• 3 tablespoons butter
Method:
- In a stock pot, combine the wine, juice cocktail, garlic and pepper flakes. Bring to a boil and add mussels.
- Cover and continue to boil for about 4 to 6 minutes or until all the mussels have opened. Discard any mussels that haven't opened.
- Remove mussels from liquid and keep warm. Pour off liquid to leave about 1 cup. Try not to discard the garlic. Boil the 1 cup of liquid until it's reduced to about 3/4 of a cup.
- Add butter and stir until butter has melted and sauce has thickened slightly. Serve mussels with sauce.
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