Mussels in garlic butter sauce
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Plus time needed to clean the mussels
- Easy
- Serves 4
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- 2kg Mussels
- 100g butter
- 6 cloves garlic-chopped
- 2 Shallots - finely chopped
- 200ml dry white wine
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 6tbsp fresh parsley, roughly chopped
- Freshly ground black pepper -to taste
Method
step 1
Scrub the mussels thorougly under cold running water. Discard any that have broken or open shells.step 2
Melt 40g of the butter in a very large pan over low heat. Add 2tsp of the chopped garlic and all the shallots and cook for 2mins.step 3
Add the mussels, wine, salt and black pepper. Cover and bring to the boil, shaking occasionally. Cook for around 3 mins or until the mussels open.step 4
Place the mussels into individual dishes, discarding any mussels that won't open.step 5
Mix together the remaining butter, garlic and chopped parsley.step 6
Stir the mixture into the remaining cooking juices and heat through, pour over the mussels and eat immediatley.
