Mussels in White Wine Sauce and Cherry Tomatoes

Ingredients:

1kg Fresh Mussels

2 x Cloves of Garlic

300g Cherry tomatoes 

200 ml White Wine

Basil Leaves

Parsley (chopped)

Preparation:

Step1:Clean well the mussels,unless your fishmonger did already and set them aside in fresh salted water.This will help loose fine grains of sand inside the shells. (Fig 1)

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Step2:Add 3 tbs good olive oil in a hot pan and fry the finely chopped garlic on medium heat until turns golden.

Step3:Now add the mussels and the cherry tomatoes cut in half together with the wine and cover.(Fig 2&3&4)

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-Let cook on high heat until all mussels shells opened and the alcohol evaporate.

Step4:Sprinkle around the fresh basil leaves and the chopped parsley. Serve immediately with toasted ciabatta !