Gaspé-style Mussels
| Preparation: | 20 min |
| Marinating/Waiting: | 0 min |
| Cooking: | 18 min |
| Total: | 38 min |
servings
| Category: | Fish and Seafood |
| Subcategory: | Seafood |
| Source: | Metro |
Recipe ingredients
- 4 lb. 6oz. (2 kg) Québec blue mussels
- 2 stalks celery, finely diced
- ½ leek, chopped
- 2 tsp. (10 mL) butter*
- 1 cup (250 mL) dry white wine
- 4 shallots, minced
- Basil leaves to taste
- 3 Tbsp. (45 mL) salted herbs
- Pepper to taste
- 2 tsp. (10 mL) butter*
- 1 bunch flat leaf parsley, chopped
Preparation
Clean mussels.
In a big pot over medium-high heat, sauté vegetables in butter.
Add mussels, wine, shallots, basil and salted herbs.
Cover and cook on medium heat for 10 – 12 minutes or until mussels open up.
Shake the pot 2 or 3 times during cooking.
Remove from heat and transfer to a bowl. Set aside. Discard any mussels that remain closed.
Using a fine sieve lined with cheesecloth, strain cooking liquid.
Return cooking liquid to the pot. Add pepper, butter and parsley.
Cook, whisking, over high heat 3 minutes or so. Pour over mussels and serve.
Suggestion
* We recommend Selection and Irresistibles products.
Metro encourages moderation in the consumption of alcohol. The sale of alcoholic beverages, as prescribed by law, is restricted to adults only. And, please, don't drink and drive!
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