Pasta (linguine) with mussels in a white wine & butter sauce, garlic, tomatoes & fresh chilli is the perfect quick shellfish pasta dinner. Mussels are a wonderfully cheap way to get more shellfish ...
To cook the mussels, heat the olive oil in a large skillet with a tight fitting lid over medium heat. Add the garlic and shallot and saute, once soft add the mussels, shaking the pan. Once ...
Give the mussels another quick rinse to remove any little pieces of shell. Soften the garlic and shallots in the butter with the bouquet garni, in a large pan big enough to take all the mussels ...
(Always discard any mussels that do not open.) When cool enough to handle, remove one half of the shell from each mussel. 3. Melt the butter in a small pot, then add the garlic. Cook gently for 1 ...
Start by checking the mussels are clean and unbroken. Tap each open mussel on a hard surface. If the mussel doesn’t close by itself, then discard. Once washed, set aside. Then, in a heavy bottomed pan ...