Super Simple Supper Of Mussels With White Wine And Garlic Toast Recipes

Steps:

• Keep mussels in fridge cold for no more than 2 days. Place in sink in colander and debeard, pulling beards toward the hinge, and scrub with potato or kitchen brush under cold water; add to strainer as you work. Discard any mussels that are open if they do not close when knocked together or if the mussel shell has cracked or is broken.
• Place rack at center oven and preheat broiler.
• Halve bread horizontally. Line a baking sheet with foil and arrange bread cut-side up on it.
• Heat a large, deep pan with tight-fitting lid over medium heat with EVOO, 2 turns of the pan. Add butter and melt into oil. When butter foams, add shallots, garlic, lemon zest and pinch red pepper flakes and stir 1 to 2 minutes. Add wine and mussels, turn heat up to high, cover pan and cook 6 minutes, shaking occasionally. Remove from heat and leave covered.
• Heat EVOO, butter and crushed garlic in small pot and add a pastry brush.
• Broil bread to lightly toast, then brush with warm oil-butter mixture. Sprinkle with cheese, pinch red pepper flakes, some parsley and salt. Broil again until golden, about 3 minutes. Cut bread into 3- to 4-inch pieces.
• Uncover mussels, add juice of 1 large lemon, remaining parsley, basil and red pepper flakes and shake or toss. Set bread into pan sauce and juices all around the perimeter of the pan. Serve from pan in shallow bowls with smaller bowl/s set to collect the shells.

Steps:

• For lemon aioli:
• Whisk egg yolk, garlic, and lemon juice in a medium bowl. Whisking constantly, drizzle in vegetable oil, then olive oil in a slow, steady stream; whisk until aioli is emulsified. Season with salt and more lemon juice, if desired. Cover; chill.
• DO AHEAD: Aioli can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.
• For mussels:
• Heat oil in a large heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add onion, season with salt and pepper, and cook, stirring often, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring often, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add tomato paste and cook, stirring, until it begins to darken, about 2 minutes. Add wine and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until liquid is slightly reduced, about 1 minute.
• Add mussels and 1/2 cup water to pot, cover, and reduce heat to medium. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mussels open (discard any that do not open), 10-12 minutes.
• Ladle mussels and broth into shallow bowls and top with thyme; serve with bread and lemon aioli.

Steps:

• Brush 1 teaspoon oil onto each slice of bread. Toast until brown and crisp. Rub both sides (one side if using baguette) with whole garlic. Cut bread in half on the diagonal. Heat remaining 2 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook sliced garlic, scallions and salt, stirring occasionally, until scallions and garlic color slightly, about 5 minutes. Add mussels, tomato puree, wine and pepper flakes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, cover and cook until mussels open, 1 to 2 minutes. (Discard any mussels that don't open.) Uncover pan and add herbs; toss to combine. Divide mussels evenly among 4 bowls and spoon broth over them. Serve each with toast.

Steps:

• Rinse and scrub mussels under cold water.
• Using your fingers or paring knife, remove beards (strings that hang from the mussel shells), and discard.
• In a large stockpot set over medium heat, combine wine, shallots, garlic, and salt.
• Simmer 5 minutes.
• Add mussels, cover, and increase heat to high.
• Cook until all mussels are open, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in herbs and butter.
• Remove from heat.
• Divide mussels and broth among four bowls.
• Serve immediately.

Steps:

• First, make the garlic butter. Blitz all the ingredients in a food processor, then set aside. The butter can be made ahead and chilled in the fridge for up to five days. Toast one side of each sourdough slice under the grill. Spread the other side thickly with the butter and place under the grill again until the butter is bubbling. Turn off the grill and keep the toasts warm.
• Heat the oil and butter over a medium heat in a large pan with a lid. Add the parsley stalks, bay leaf, shallot and ½ tsp pepper, and sweat for a few mins until the shallots are softening and fragrant. Add the mussels and white wine, stir, cover tightly with a lid and steam for 2-3 mins until all the mussels have opened.
• Spoon into bowls, pour over the pan juices, scatter over some chopped parsley and serve with the toasts.