Greeting, wish you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, moules marinieres (sailors mussels). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit tasty. This will be really tasty.
Moules Marinieres (Sailors Mussels) is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. They are fine and they look fantastic. Moules Marinieres (Sailors Mussels) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
A pot of classic French Moules Marinières is fast food at its best. Make sure to serve it with the rest of the wine left in the bottle and with plenty of toasted bread for. Moules marinières is also commonly known as Sailor's mussels, Mariner's mussels or even plain mussels in white wine sauce. The dish basically consists of delicately steamed fresh mussels in a white wine, garlic, parsley, butter, onion and cream sauce.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook moules marinieres (sailors mussels) using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Moules Marinieres (Sailors Mussels):
- Prepare 1 large onion
- Make ready 2 garlic cloves (or 3 if you like strong flavour)
- Prepare 1 kg fresh mussels (not greenlipped)
- Take 200 ml fresh crisp white wine
- Take 1 tsp plain flour
- Make ready 1 salt and pepper
- Get 1 fresh crusty bread or baguette
- Get 1 chopped parsley (optional)
In this recipe, mussels steam for a few minutes in a savory mixture of wine, herbs, shallots, butter, and olive oil. As soon as the mussels finish steaming, you put them into individual serving bowls, ladel the hot broth over them. This recipe for moules marinière could not be simpler or faster. Dipping crusty bread into a pot of steaming mussels has to be one of my favorite eating experiences.
Steps to make Moules Marinieres (Sailors Mussels):
- Clean the mussels in a sink of water and remove the beards (your fishmonger MAY do this for you but I always do my own). THROW OUT ANY THAT DO NOT CLOSE WHEN YOU TAP THEM SHARPLY (note: I do not use greenlipped mussels as they are tough and chewy the smaller black ones are way better)
- Chop onion and garlic
- Sautee onion and garlic until soft but do not let it brown
- Add the mussels to the pan with onion and garlic
- Pour over the wine. COVER and cook the mussels for about ten minutes until they are all open
- Meanwhile, mix the flour and butter to a paste
- Strain the wine into another small pan and boil rapidly then add the butter/flour paste and mix into the liquid. Reduce heat and simmer until the sauce thickens (about 3 or 4 mins)
- Optional - sprinkle parsley sprigs onto mussels
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with crusty bread/baguette
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