Paul's [recipe] Corner

1 kilo of large mussels
1 leek sliced
1 fennel bulb cleaned peeled and sliced
½ cup of beer - Dogbolter
1 canned of chopped tomatoes
Fresh Dill

Clean and scrub mussels making sure to remove beards.

add butter and oil to a large pot with a lid and then add leeks and fennel, gently sweeting until translucent, remove from pan. Add beer and then mussels to pot, put lid on and turn heat to high. Bring beer to a boil and boil/steam the mussels shaking pot to get the liquid swirling around the mussels. When all the mussels have opened remove form the heat and put mussels into a colander making sure to reserve the cooking liquid. Strain the cooking liquid to remove dirt and shell and then return to the pot and bring to a boil adding canned tomatoes, leeks, fennel, salt and pepper to taste and fresh dill. Simmer gently for a few minutes to combine flavours then return mussels to the pot to warm through.

Serve in big bowls with fresh crusty bread and a spoon do slurp up the fantastic juice.