Hot Apps: Make These Turkish Rice-Stuffed Mussels

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup short- or medium-grain rice
• 2 teaspoons sugar
• 3 large red onions
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fine sea salt
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 1/4 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 1/4 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup dried currants
• 1/4 cup pine nuts
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1 to 1 1/4 pounds mussels
• fine sea salt
• lemon wedges