23 mussels italian recipes

Italian-style steamed mussels with garlic, white wine, tomato wedges, and green pepper. A quick 30-minute seafood dinner that creates its own brothy sauce for dipping crusty bread.

Italian steamed mussels in white wine with garlic and fresh parsley, served chilled as an elegant appetizer. Just five ingredients and a simple stovetop method.

Mussels oregano: steamed mussels on the half-shell topped with a garlic-butter oregano bread crumb crust, baked and broiled until crisp. Italian American steakhouse classic for starters at home.

Seafood linguine with shrimp, scallops, and mussels in a tomato-chili-basil sauce, brightened with lemon zest and white wine. Italian coastal classic, feeds six.

This half-soup, half-stew recipe will serve 4 as an appetizer or two as the main course.

Fresh mussels steamed in a fragrant broth of fennel, Pernod, white wine, tomatoes, and garlic, served with crusty French bread for soaking. A bistro-style seafood dish ready in 40 minutes.

Steamed mussels in a garlicky white wine sauce with thyme, red pepper flakes, and butter. Breadcrumbs thicken the broth into a rich, scoopable sauce.

Luxurious seafood stew with lobster, shrimp, clams, and mussels in a white wine tomato broth flavored with garlic and herbs. This Mediterranean feast is elegant yet approachable.

Spanish paella with chicken, shrimp, clams, and mussels over saffron-stained short-grain rice in a rich tomato base. A one-pot showstopper for a crowd of ten.

Oven-baked curry with chicken, shrimp, clams, mussels, and Italian sausage over saffron rice with coconut milk. Part paella, part curry, all showstopper.

Nantucket cioppino is a New England take on the San Francisco classic, loading swordfish, lobster, clams, mussels, cod, and shrimp into a red wine tomato broth. A showstopper seafood stew for a crowd.

A spectacular Italian seafood stew with swordfish, snapper, salmon, scallops, shrimp, mussels, clams, and crayfish in a tomato broth laced with anchovies and fennel. Serve over linguine.

Seattle-style cioppino loaded with Dungeness crab, mussels, red snapper, shrimp, and calamari in a red wine sweet pepper sauce. A Pacific Northwest seafood stew that feeds 8.

Mussel and tomato soup: a quick four-ingredient Italian-style seafood soup with garlic, olive oil, plum tomatoes, and fresh mussels. Ready in 40 minutes for a light appetizer or main.

Mussels and shrimp with penne in a fresh tomato sauce with garlic, basil, mint, and a splash of brandy. A rustic Italian seafood pasta dinner.

Linguine with seafood, a southern Italian classic with shrimp, scallops, and mussels in a chili-spiked tomato sauce brightened with white wine, lemon zest, and fresh basil. The pasta night that drinks like dinner out.