Pasta
Farfalle alla Tarantina with Mussels and Tomato Sauce
A bright Southern Italian pasta with sweet mussels, tomato, garlic, parsley, and a light seafood sauce inspired by Taranto.
45 min 4 servingsEasy
Pasta
A bright Southern Italian pasta with sweet mussels, tomato, garlic, parsley, and a light seafood sauce inspired by Taranto.
Scrub the mussels under cold running water and discard damaged or open mussels that do not close when tapped.
Cook mussels with olive oil, garlic, and white wine until they open, then strain and reserve the cooking liquid.
Simmer tomato passata with olive oil, garlic, chili, and filtered mussel liquid.
Cook farfalle until almost al dente and finish it in the tomato sauce with pasta water.
Fold in mussels and parsley, then serve with reserved mussels in shells.