Making mussels delicious
Time
Preparation time: 10 min.
Cooking or baking time: 20 min.
Total preparation time: 30 min.
Mussels from Brandy's kitchen: It is again mussel time and so I have today granted me fresh mussels from the fishmonger my trust. I can also buy packs of 1kg each, which is cheap for me, because I'm the only one in our household who eats shells. Since the kg pack comes just right, because I can do it alone!
Here I would like to introduce you to my personal recipe, which is quite similar to the preparation in the Rhenish way, but with small modifications from my own kitchen. Just give it a try and the mussels will taste delicious.
ingredients
here for 1 person
- 1 kg fresh mussels
- about 1 1/2 L of beef or chicken broth (I had chicken broth)
- plenty of greens, so celery, leeks, carrots and onions
- and 1 - 2 bay leaves
- Salt pepper
garnish
- 1 - 2 slices of Rhenish black bread, spread with butter
preparation
- Heat the clear beef or chicken broth (not from dice or bag, please), add the chopped green greens, bay leaves and the onion cut into rings into the hot broth, season with salt and a strong pinch of freshly ground pepper. Now let the broth almost over low heat.
- In the meantime, rinse the mussels thoroughly with cold water and sort out mussels that have already opened wide.
- When the broth is almost boiling, the mussels are added to the pot at once and the broth is boiled again. Then the shells should be about 10 to max. Cook gently for 15 minutes. The shells are ready when all have opened.
- Now - depending on your hunger - 1 to 2 slices of Rhenish black bread, not too sparingly buttered, and the mussels are brought with a good portion of the stock and the soup vegetables in a large bowl or in the same on the table.
- It is well known that cutlery, here a spoon, is only needed to eat the broth, the shells are taken out of their cases by means of an empty bowl, which is used like a pair of pliers, and then taken to the mouth.
You either eat the buttered black bread with the mussels or, if you like, at the end you can eat the delicious beef or chicken broth with the soup vegetables.
The preparation time I have specified without the cooking of the broth, because I had these still conserved in stock.
I wish a good appetite to all who would like to try my recipe with the meat broth.
