mussels mariniere

Name: mussels mariniere Recipe
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 pound of fresh mussels; 1 T butter; 1/4 c sweet onions chopped; 1/4 dry vermouth or white wine; 2 springs of parsley; about 1 tables poon of lemon juice; 2 T no fat cream (opt)-not if you are using this for another recipe; a sprinkling of chopped parsley to serve.; small clove garlic crushed; pinch of red pepper flakes; 1 bay leaf; 3 peppercorns

Minutes to Prepare: 5
Minutes to Cook: 5

Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

1 pound of fresh mussels1 T butter1/4 c sweet onions chopped1/4 dry vermouth or white wine2 springs of parsleyabout 1 tables poon of lemon juice2 T no fat cream (opt)-not if you are using this for another recipea sprinkling of chopped parsley to serve.small clove garlic crushedpinch of red pepper flakes1 bay leaf3 peppercorns

Directions

scrub and debeard the mussels-don't use any that are open and wont close when knocked with the knife
Don't use aluminum pan for this recipe
Place wine-onion-garlic-pepper flakes-bay leaf-peppercorns-parsley sprigs T butter in pan -cover and simmer for about five minutes.
Add mussels and bring up to boil. cover and shake pan occassionally-coil until shells have opened-about 5 monutes.
remove to dish to cool. Let broth settle and strain off leaving any sand behind.
Discard any mussels that have not opened.and remove from shells.
At this point you may set aside to use in another dish or
proceed to boil down the mussel liquid to about half volume-add cream
place mussels in bowl and pour broth over-serve with crusty bread. to sop up juices.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MEBRAWN.

Servings Per Recipe: 4

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