Description
Lovely flavourful mussels cooked in aromatic vegetables, herbs, bacon and white wine, finished with cream.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 kilo mussels
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 celery stick with leaves, diced/chopped
- 100 gram bacon, diced
- few sprigs of parsley, chopped
- few sprigs of thyme
- 1 glass of white wine
- 125 ml cream
Accompaniments
- Bread
- Butter
- French fries
- Sauces
- White wine (or beer)
Instructions
- Clean the mussels.
- Dice the vegetables and bacon.
- Fry the bacon in a large pan (the mussels will need to fit in) until nice and crisp, set aside.
- Use the bacon fat to fry the vegetables in.
- Add the bacon back into the pot, together with the herbs.
- Add in the mussels and wine, stir around, place the lid on the pan.
- Cook the mussels for about 5 minutes, or until most are completely open. Stir once halfway through the cooking time.
- Pour in the cream, heat for 30 seconds, stir and serve immediately.
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins