Steamed Mussel Sauce with Lemon and White Wine

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 1996

With minimal work clams, tuna, mussels, and shrimp can be turned into quick sauces for pasta.

SERVES 4

TIME 35 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

It took very little work to turn mussels into a quick pasta sauce. For our steamed mussel sauce recipe, we simply steamed the mussels in wine, strained the resulting broth to use in a simple sauce, and tossed both with linguine or spaghetti...

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