Chilli mussel fettuccine
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- ½ teaspoon dried chilli flakes
- 2 cups passata
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- ½ cup reduced-fat coconut milk
- freshly ground black pepper
- 200g fresh fettuccine
- ⅓ cup reduced-salt vegetable or chicken stock
- 16 New Zealand green-lipped mussels, washed and scrubbed
- fresh chopped parsley and lemon wedges, to garnish
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Instructions
1 To make the sauce, heat oil in a non-stick pan and cook onion and garlic until softened. Add a little spray oil if necessary. Add chilli flakes and cook for a minute.
2 Add the passata and sugar and cook for 3-4 minutes. Add coconut milk, season with pepper and heat for 5 minutes, stirring a few times.
3 To cook the pasta, fill a large pot with water and bring to the boil. Add fettuccine and cook until al dente — about 3-4 minutes.
4 Remove from the heat. Drain almost all of the liquid, leaving about 1/4 cup water with the pasta. This will stop it sticking.
5 To cook the mussels add the liquid stock to a large pan and bring to the boil. Add mussels and steam until open. When opened remove from the heat. Throw out any that don’t open.
6 Remove cooked mussels from shells. Add the cooked fettuccine to the sauce. Stir to combine. Add mussels and serve. Garnish with fresh herbs and lemon.
Variations
Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free pasta and check passata and stock are gluten free.
HFG tip
Recipe by Aidan Clark, Manurewa High School (one of the winning entries from NZ Nutrition Foundation’s Just Cook: Create a Family Meal Challenge 2015).
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 370 cal
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Kilojoules 1550 kJ
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Protein 21 g
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Total fat 7 g
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Saturated fat 3 g
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Carbohydrates 55 g
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Sugar 12 g
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Dietary fibre 5 g
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Sodium 780 mg
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Calcium 180 mg
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Iron 9.5 mg
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