Mussels and Spaghetti in creamy sauce

Mussels are surprisingly tasty and cheap. They should be eaten more often as an alternative to meat because they are low in fat and very nutritious. One reason why I think mussels are not as popular as other meat is that people don’t know what to cook them with. Well, this recipe should give an idea, to you city people, of how to incorporate mussels into your main meals!

Cost: about £1.30

Cooking time: 20 mins

Ingredients

(For 2)

1 pack of cooked mussel meat (180g)

200g spaghetti

½ onion, diced

Olive oil

Garlic (granules or crushed and chopped)

Ground black pepper

1 tsp of chicken stock granules

100ml of single cream

60ml of milk

4 tsp of corn flour mixed with 2 tsp of cold water, to thicken the sauce

Method

1. Cook the pasta in a small sauce pan, according to the instructions in the packet (usually boil for 10-12 mins).
2. Meanwhile, heat up a little olive oil in another sauce pan and throw in the onion with the garlic and black pepper and fry it until golden brown.
3. Wash and drain the mussels and add them to the onions.
4. Pour in the cream and milk and let it boil for a few minutes.
5. Add the chicken stock to the sauce pan and stir.
6. Add a little corn flour to it and stir. Keep adding corn flour to it until the sauce is thick enough, then turn off the heat.
7. When the spaghetti is cooked, drain it and throw it into the sauce pan with the creamy sauce.
8. Give it a quick stir so that the sauce covers all of the spaghetti and serve.

Tip

A friend once told me that by adding a bit of oil to pasta when it’s cooking will stop it from bubbling up and overflowing the pan. It works! :)