Mussels with Garlic & White Wine

Tebo's Note:

The creamy broth this creates is terrific. I guarantee it will be sopped up with bread or a spoon. Anyone not like mussels?? Recipe says it is for four but try it for two. It will not be wasted!!

• Total Time: 20 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 lbs fresh mussels
• 4 cloves garlic , minced
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 medium tomatoes , diced
• ½ cup dry white wine
• ¼ cup heavy cream
• 4 tablespoons parsley , chopped
• 1 lemon , quartered
• salt & pepper

Directions:

1. In a pot large enough to hold mussels, heat butter on medium heat.
2. Add garlic and mussels, toss and warm for two minutes.
3. Add tomatoes, wine, cream, salt& pepper.
4. Raise heat to med-high, cover and cook 5 minutes.
5. Check during cooking.
6. Do not overcook.
7. Mussels are done when shells have opened.
8. Divide into 4 bowl with broth.
9. Garnish with parsley and lemon wedge.

Reviews

[Gay Gilmore]

Lovely. I actually made a couple of changes, but they worked well. Tomatoes are pretty mealy and flavorless this time of year so I omitted them and added a Tablespoon of Ajvar (a spicy red pepper sauce). Instead of bread (which we have a little trouble controlling ourselves with, I tossed the sauce with just a little angel hair pasta. Next time I might cut back on the cream just a little, because I think you can, and replace it with wine or broth. Oh and I started with a little shallots along with the garlic too, because I had it. This really was lovely and I served it with a green salad and the rest of the white wine.

[Ajarrett18]

Fantastic recipe! After they were cooked, we let them sit on low heat for around 15-20 minutes for the mussels to soak all the flavors from the sauce. My group even added a drop of our favorite hotsauce when serving.

[Abby Girl]

This recipe was good, but I thought that the wine/cream ratio was off and maybe should have been the other way around. The sauce was not as creamy as I had anticipated! I will go back to my garlic, onion, cream and saffron sauce.