Mussels in tomato sauce

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 1 ½ kg mussels
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion(s)
• 2 cloves garlic
• 1 can/n tomatoes, peeled
• ⅛ liter red wine
• ¼ liter of water
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp black pepper (adjust amount if necessary)
• 1 tsp basil
• 1 tsp oregano
• 2 chili peppers, red
• 1 Pepper, fiery hot
• 1 lemon(s)

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

Put the olive oil in a pot and heat the finely diced onion and garlic cloves until translucent. Then add the tomatoes (best if you chop them up with a hand blender first), pepper, salt, red wine, oregano, basil, 1/4 l water, finely chopped chilies and hot peppers and bring to the boil. Now add the mussels and let them cook for 10 minutes. Serve with a good white wine, lemon and some white bread. Chefkoch.de recipe editor’s note: Since several comments unanimously reported that 2 teaspoons of black pepper is considerably too much, we have adjusted the amount to 1/2 teaspoon. If that is still too much for you, use less; if you need more, use more.