Mussels With Fresh Coconut and Mint - New Zealand
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 6
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- 24 fresh mussels, in the shell
- 2 lemons, juice of
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 1 bunch of fresh mint, shredded
- 1 coconut
directions
- Steam open the mussels by placing them in a saucepan with ½ cup water. As the water comes to the boil, keep the lid on the pan until all the mussels have popped open. Remove from the pan. Let them cool a little, then remove the top shell of each.
- Mix the lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper and spoon a little of this on to each mussel.
- Crack the coconut open by hitting it hard around the circumference with a hammer or cleaver. Discard the water in the centre and, using a potato peeler or a very sharp knife, cut curls or shreds of coconut flesh.
- Top each mussel with a little shredded mint and coconut shreds. Serve at once.
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