What's Cooking: Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace's mussels Fra Diavolo

Chef Vinny Olivieri, of Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace, shows News 12's Lily Stolzberg how to make mussels Fra Diavolo.

News 12 Staff

Mar 10, 2021, 11:38 AM

Updated 1,141 days ago

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Chef Vinny Olivieri, of Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace, shows News 12's Lily Stolzberg how to make mussels Fra Diavolo.
Ingredients:
• 2 lbs mussels
• 1 qt Uncle Giuseppe’s Fra Diavolo sauce
• 6-8 cloves of garlic (sliced paper thin)
• ½ bunch parsley (fine chopped)
• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• ½ cup white wine
• 2 sprigs of basil
• 1-2 TBS crushed red pepper flakes
• ½ TBS Kosher salt
• 1 tsp black pepper
Directions:
1. Scrub mussels and remove all beards.
2. Preheat a very large sauté pan or very large Dutch Oven (if you don’t have a large pan, work in smaller batches and combine everything at the end) on medium high heat. Add olive oil.
3. Add sliced garlic. Cook for 1 minute. Do not allow garlic to burn.
4. Add white wine.
5. Add mussels, season with salt pepper and crushed red pepper. Cover pot or pan, allow mussels to steam for 4-5 minutes. If mussels do not open toss them, it wasn’t meant to be….
6. When mussels open add Fra Diavolo sauce. Cook for 3-4 minutes.
7. Garnish with chopped parsley and basil leaves.


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