baked mussels

Ingredients
  • fresh mussels
  • h20
  • s&p
  • butter
  • bread crumbs
  • olive oil
  • combination of cheeses (whichever you fancy)

Instructions
The steps:

Cook the mussels in boiling salted H20 until the shells pop open.
Discard whatever mussel that doesn't open.

Place the mussels on a baking sheet.

Season with s & p.

Put a pat of butter on top of each mussel.

Sprinkle the mussels with a mixture of breadcrumbs, olive oil and a combination of cheeses (whichever you prefer).

*** I used a combination of mozarella, pecorino romano, parmigiano reggiano, asiago & provolone. ***

Optional: Finish off with a drizzling of good olive oil.

Bake/Broil in the oven until the breadcrumbs are golden and the cheeses, nicely melted.