Mussels Marinara

Ingredients

• 1 jar (25 oz.) Bertolli® Organic Traditional Sauce
• 1 cup dry white wine or clam broth
• 6 cloves garlic, finely chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 5 lbs. mussels, well scrubbed
• 1/4 cup Bertolli® Classico™ Olive Oil
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced fresh basil leaves

Directions

1. Bring Sauce, wine, garlic and bay leaves to a boil over high heat in 8-quart saucepot. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes. Add mussels and cook covered over high heat, stirring occasionally, 7 minutes or until shells open. Remove mussels to serving bowl, discarding unopened shells and bay leaves; keep warm.
2. Stir in Olive Oil into saucepot and cook, stirring occasionally, 3 minutes. Stir in basil. Spoon sauce over mussels. Serve, if desired, with crusty Italian bread.