3 creamy mussels over pasta with Recipes

angel hair pasta, mussels (i use anywhere between 3-4 lbs, about 1/3-1/2 lb per person), fennel bulb, core removed and thin sliced, onion, cut in quarters and thin sliced, leek, thin sliced, minced garlic, diced tomatoes, white wine, brandy (i just get 1 of those little airline bottles if you don tsp keep any on hand, works great), vegetable stock, heavy cream, red pepper flakes, fresh parsley, fine chopped, fresh chives, lemon (1/2 squeezed, 1/2 cut in slices), butter, salt, pepper, herb butter (as i mentioned, i buy mine right at the grocery store, or you can make your own favorite), italian bread (toasted ), paprika

mussels, kosher salt, pasta (fusilli or casarecce), baby spinach, roughly chopped, olive oil, unsalted butter, very large shallots, sliced (or 3 small shallots, about 1/4 cup total), garlic cloves, thinly sliced, freshly cracked black pepper, dry white wine, low-sodium chicken stock, saffron, heavy cream