Skewered Mussels With Tangy Honey Glaze (For the Grill)
Ready In: 45 mins
Serves: 4
Yields: 8 Skewers
Ingredients
For the Glaze
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons tomato sauce (or bottled chili sauce for extra tang)
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1⁄4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
For the Skewers
- 1 kg mussels (2.2 lbs, should be a rough 48 ct)
- 16 slices bacon
Directions
- If using wooden skewers, soak in water at least 30 min prior to assembling skewers. Skip this step if using metal skewers.
- For the Glaze: Combine all ingredients, mix well & set aside.
- For the Skewers: Cook mussels in lrg saucepan of water, remove from shells & set aside.
- Cut ea bacon slice into 3 equal pieces, wrap ea mussel in a cut bacon piece & thread onto skewers.
- Using a pastry brush, brush all exposed surfaces of the bacon-wrapped mussels w/the glaze mix & turn skewers as needed to get full coverage.
- Place skewers in a dish lrg enough to hold them in a single layer & refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Grill skewers till bacon is crisp & mussels tender. Brush occ w/remaining glaze during cooking.
- NOTE: The pic showed the yield as 8 skewers w/6 bacon-wrapped mussels on ea skewer, so serve 1 skewer as an appy or 2 skewers as a main course.
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