Mussels In White Wine Sauce With Garlic Butter Toasts Recipes

Steps:

• First, make the garlic butter. Blitz all the ingredients in a food processor, then set aside. The butter can be made ahead and chilled in the fridge for up to five days. Toast one side of each sourdough slice under the grill. Spread the other side thickly with the butter and place under the grill again until the butter is bubbling. Turn off the grill and keep the toasts warm.
• Heat the oil and butter over a medium heat in a large pan with a lid. Add the parsley stalks, bay leaf, shallot and ½ tsp pepper, and sweat for a few mins until the shallots are softening and fragrant. Add the mussels and white wine, stir, cover tightly with a lid and steam for 2-3 mins until all the mussels have opened.
• Spoon into bowls, pour over the pan juices, scatter over some chopped parsley and serve with the toasts.

Steps:

• Keep mussels in fridge cold for no more than 2 days. Place in sink in colander and debeard, pulling beards toward the hinge, and scrub with potato or kitchen brush under cold water; add to strainer as you work. Discard any mussels that are open if they do not close when knocked together or if the mussel shell has cracked or is broken.
• Place rack at center oven and preheat broiler.
• Halve bread horizontally. Line a baking sheet with foil and arrange bread cut-side up on it.
• Heat a large, deep pan with tight-fitting lid over medium heat with EVOO, 2 turns of the pan. Add butter and melt into oil. When butter foams, add shallots, garlic, lemon zest and pinch red pepper flakes and stir 1 to 2 minutes. Add wine and mussels, turn heat up to high, cover pan and cook 6 minutes, shaking occasionally. Remove from heat and leave covered.
• Heat EVOO, butter and crushed garlic in small pot and add a pastry brush.
• Broil bread to lightly toast, then brush with warm oil-butter mixture. Sprinkle with cheese, pinch red pepper flakes, some parsley and salt. Broil again until golden, about 3 minutes. Cut bread into 3- to 4-inch pieces.
• Uncover mussels, add juice of 1 large lemon, remaining parsley, basil and red pepper flakes and shake or toss. Set bread into pan sauce and juices all around the perimeter of the pan. Serve from pan in shallow bowls with smaller bowl/s set to collect the shells.

Steps:

• To clean the mussels, put them in a large bowl with 2 quarts of water and the flour and soak for 30 minutes, or until the mussels disgorge any sand. Drain the mussels, then remove the "beard" from each with your fingers. If they're dirty, scrub the mussels with a brush under running water. Discard any mussels whose shells aren't tightly shut.
• In a large non-aluminum stockpot, heat the butter and olive oil over medium heat. Add the shallots and cook for 5 minutes; then add the garlic and cook for 3 more minutes, or until the shallots are translucent. Add the tomatoes, saffron, parsley, thyme, wine, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil.
• Add the mussels, stir well, then cover the pot, and cook over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes, until all the mussels are opened (discard any that do not open). With the lid on, shake the pot once or twice to be sure the mussels don't burn on the bottom. Pour the mussels and the sauce into a large bowl and serve hot.

Steps:

• Right before cooking, scrub mussels with a stiff sponge or brush under cold running water. (If the "beards" are still attached, trim them with a knife.)
• While cleaning mussels, discard ones with broken shells. Lightly tap the hinge end of any open shells on a work surface. Discard those that don't close.
• In a large pot with a lid, melt 1 tablespoon butter over medium-high. Add shallot and garlic. Cook, stirring, until fragrant, 1 minute.
• Add white wine and chicken broth. Bring to a simmer over high.
• Add mussels; stir to combine. Cover, reduce heat to medium-high, and cook until mussels open, 5 minutes, stirring once. Discard unopened mussels.
• Season with salt and pepper. Remove from heat; stir in parsley and remaining butter until butter is melted. Serve with crusty bread.

Steps:

• Rinse and scrub mussels under cold water.
• Using your fingers or paring knife, remove beards (strings that hang from the mussel shells), and discard.
• In a large stockpot set over medium heat, combine wine, shallots, garlic, and salt.
• Simmer 5 minutes.
• Add mussels, cover, and increase heat to high.
• Cook until all mussels are open, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in herbs and butter.
• Remove from heat.
• Divide mussels and broth among four bowls.
• Serve immediately.