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 Mussels Ionian style

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Ingredients for 4 servings:

2-kg mussels, or more

1-tablespoon butter

1-tablespoon olive oil

1-leek white only, chopped

4-green onions, chopped

1-red bell pepper Julienne cut

1-cup dry white wine

4-ripped plum tomatoes, deseeded and diced

4-limes grate the zest and squeeze juice

3- tablespoons fresh basil fine chopped

1-teaspoon sugar

1-tablespoon chopped curly parsley

Preparation method: 

Rinse and scrubbed mussels and soak them in cold water for fifteen minutes.

In a cooking pot combine butter and oil sauté leek and green onions peppers and tomato

for 2 minutes.

Add wine, limejuice and oyster sauce.

Simmer for 3 minutes and add mussels and half of basil, lime zest cover and simmer for five

minutes further, shake the pot to distribute heat and sauce evenly and it will help mussels to open.

Uncover and sprinkle chopped basil and parsley, stir and serve hot with crusty bread.

Greek dry white wine