Brush and wash the mussels, put them in a covered pan over high heat and let them open. Remove them from the shell and set them aside in their water, filter it to remove the sand.

Prepare a chopped parsley and garlic and clean a chilli pepper also removing the seeds (optional). In a high-sided saucepan, sauté the chopped meat, cherry tomatoes, chilli pepper and beans. After browning the beans, add the cooking liquid from the mussels (filtering it again) and, if necessary, a little water and bring to a boil.

In the meantime you will have put the water to boil to cook the pasta. Salt the water and add the pasta and drain it al dente. Add the pasta to the beans and cook.

At this point add the mussels and cook for a few minutes over the heat off. Serve and add the chopped fresh parsley and extra virgin olive oil.