MUSSELS With PASTA

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 lb mussels
• 7 plum tomatoes (1 lb)
• 3 T olive oil
• 1 T minced garlic
• 1/4 t hot pepper flakes
• salt/pepper
• 1/2 cp cream
• 1/4 cp chopped fresh basil
• 3/4 lb linguine

DIR: Cook mussels in own juice approx 4 min until open. Drain and reserve liquid. (Peel and seed tomatoes if desired.) Sauté garlic, add chopped tomatoes, pepper flakes, mussel liquid, salt and pepper. Cook 5 min. Add cream, Add mussels, stir in basil. Serve over linguine

Courtesy of : B's Cookbook.