Honest Vanilla: Mussels in White Wine

Easy breezy. Beautiful meal

Mussels and white wine. It can't get anymore perfect than this for the weekend :)

In fact, there shouldn't really be a recipe for this, just 5 other ingredients, no spoons or cups. A handful of this and a bunch of that will get you there (with good wine of course)...

BUT I felt compel to supplement the recipe anyway because when I started cooking I love to follow every recipe to the T (literally, means walking 5 blocks for a missing ingredient!). However this dish is really one of those where you can exercise instincts and taste preference easily :)

Ingredients

1 kg black mussels, thoroughly scrubbed
A third of a white wine bottle, or 250ml
4 garlic clove, minced
2 shallot, minced
2 bird's eye chili (chili padi)
A bunch of parsley, or 5 stalks
A knob of butter, or 50g
A couple drops of olive oil, or 1 tbs
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Adapted from Maameemoomoo

Directions

Heat up a large non-stick pan on medium heat with olive oil and stir fry minced garlic and shallot
Add white wine first then mussels and cover lid for 5 minutes
Check all mussels are opened, if not continue steaming with lid on for a couple of extra minutes. Discard stubbornly unopened mussels
Once ready add butter, chili and parsley
Stir fry to coat mussels evenly
Add salt and pepper to taste by testing the broth

Delicious. Sunny. And wine. I want my weekend again!

21 comments:

Umm MymoonahFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:07 AM
I never tried mussels, your pictures really tempt me to have some.
Angie's RecipesFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:25 AM
wow Your mussel dish looks outstanding! So are the photos! I love the first one especially. Mouthwatering!
Edible ArtFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:28 AM
oh wow, this looks GREAT!
i always add mine with a bit of pasta (:
Edible ArtFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:31 AM
oh and i was curious as to what format/mode you save your pictures in to get that bright vivid look?
mine always seem to dull, when uploaded, and tends to auto-save itself as jpg. :(

i hope to hear from you soon <3
Somewhere in SingaporeFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:16 AM
I didn't eat this for quite some times liao...
noobcookFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:58 AM
so pretty! wine and seafood, it can't get any better than this :D
Jen (Tastes of Home)February 28, 2011 at 2:02 PM
Love mussels and you made it beautifully!
Christine@Christine's RecipesFebruary 28, 2011 at 2:12 PM
This is my fave too. Best for summer time here. :)
Maameemoomoo - a ½ food blogFebruary 28, 2011 at 4:05 PM
Beautiful photos!

Yes, must stand by some nice bread next time aye? *smile* Glad u like my anyhow recipe!
foodie and the chefFebruary 28, 2011 at 7:30 PM
Ooooh there is nothing better than a huge plate of communal mussels... this looks wonderful, your photos are gorgeous.
Min {Honest Vanilla}February 28, 2011 at 10:00 PM
@Edible Art
Yes Jpeg too but enlarging it a little helps to brighten it a teeny bit on Blogspot. The birght vivid is mostly from tweaking in Photoshop (Exposure/Highlight). Hope it works for you too ;)

@Maameemoomoo - a ½ food blog
Sherie, I absolutely love it! :)
jennaseverythingblogMarch 1, 2011 at 12:45 AM
I love mussels, but the one time I made them it was such a pain to clean them (soak them to get rid of sand) and then pull out the 'beard' (ew!) . . . unless I can find pre-cleaned mussels, in which case I'd be ALL OVER this recipe. =) Looks fabulous!
tigerfishMarch 1, 2011 at 1:26 AM
I may prefer clams to mussels in such a dish....but I am also a handful of this and a bunch of that person when it comes to cooking. That makes cooking fun and less stressful. And that explains why I don't bake cos the same "handful of this and a bunch of that" technique can't apply to baking :O
Simply LifeMarch 1, 2011 at 7:51 AM
oh my gosh! wow! this definitely belongs in a restaurant!
ahealthypassion.comMarch 1, 2011 at 8:16 AM
I love mussels in wine sauce, the best part is dipping up the sauce with bread yumm
JulianaMarch 1, 2011 at 12:01 PM
Oh! Your mussels look fabulous. I love mussel, but haven't tried to cook them...yours look perfect :-) Have a great week ahead!
Ellie (Almost Bourdain)March 1, 2011 at 12:52 PM
Yum! Mussel in white wine is such a beautiful classic. Lovely photos.
lisa is cookingMarch 1, 2011 at 9:47 PM
I love how versatile mussels are. There are so many great ways to flavor them, and the bird's eye chilis here sound great! A gorgeous meal.
Min {Honest Vanilla}March 1, 2011 at 10:06 PM
@tigerfish
Totally agree, baking requires precision, hence not much on my blog too :P

@ahealthypassion.com
Ah yes that's what's missing from my plate, bread :)
mycookinghutMarch 3, 2011 at 7:56 AM
Beautiful! I am a big big fan of mussels!
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