Skewered Mussels With Tangy Honey Glaze (for The Grill)

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons honey
• 2 tablespoons tomato sauce (or bottled chili sauce for extra tang)
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon tabasco sauce
• 1 kg mussels (2.2 lbs, should be a rough 48 ct)
• 16 slices bacon

Recipe

• 1 if using wooden skewers, soak in water at least 30 min prior to assembling skewers. skip this step if using metal skewers.
• 2 for the glaze: combine all ingredients, mix well & set aside.
• 3 for the skewers: cook mussels in lrg saucepan of water, remove from shells & set aside.
• 4 cut ea bacon slice into 3 equal pieces, wrap ea mussel in a cut bacon piece & thread onto skewers.
• 5 using a pastry brush, brush all exposed surfaces of the bacon-wrapped mussels w/the glaze mix & turn skewers as needed to get full coverage.
• 6 place skewers in a dish lrg enough to hold them in a single layer & refrigerate for 1 hour.
• 7 grill skewers till bacon is crisp & mussels tender. brush occ w/remaining glaze during cooking.
• 8 note: the pic showed the yield as 8 skewers w/6 bacon-wrapped mussels on ea skewer, so serve 1 skewer as an appy or 2 skewers as a main course.