RECIPE FOR: Mussels Italiano

Ingredients: 2kg mussels 2 onions, sliced 6 crushed garlic cloves 6 tomatoes, chopped 4 tablespoons tomato paste

1/2 cup chopped parsley 1 cup white wine 1 cup port or red wine. Black Pepper

Method
Cook onion and garlic with a little water in a heavy based pan.  Add tomatoes, tomato paste, white wine, port and pepper.  Mix well, boil and reduce heat to simmer.

Put mussels into the mixture, place a lid on the pan and simmer (approx. 5 minutes)  As soon as mussels are open they are cooked.
Serve on a bed of cooked noodles.