Moules Marinieres (Sailors Mussels) - Most people who cook dinner for their households usually have a listing of family favorites. I know we do. We often concentrate on what the children like to ensure they'll eat. Sometimes however, we open the cupboards, the refrigerator, and the freezer, stand with our palms on our hips and say, "I do not really feel like several of this." We would like one thing totally different. It's virtually like a writer's block. We're left wondering what to prepare dinner. Listed below are a couple of concepts that we go to after we are left asking ourselves what's for dinner. We attempt to make it possible for all of the meals use simple recipes for dinner and they are within our budget.

Moules Marinieres (Sailors Mussels) You can have Moules Marinieres (Sailors Mussels) using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Moules Marinieres (Sailors Mussels)

  1. It's 1 large onion.
  2. Prepare 2 garlic cloves (or 3 if you like strong flavour).
  3. It's 1 kg fresh mussels (not greenlipped).
  4. Prepare 200 ml fresh crisp white wine.
  5. It's 1 tsp plain flour.
  6. Prepare 1 salt and pepper.
  7. Prepare 1 fresh crusty bread or baguette.
  8. Prepare 1 chopped parsley (optional).

When you have finished eating the mussels, dip bread in the buttery wine sauce. Place the live mussels in fresh water. Scrub and debeard the mussels (see the photos), discarding any that are open, broken or cracked. NB: Discard any mussels that don't open during cooking. (see photos).

Moules Marinieres (Sailors Mussels) step by step

  1. Clean the mussels in a sink of water and remove the beards (your fishmonger MAY do this for you but I always do my own). THROW OUT ANY THAT DO NOT CLOSE WHEN YOU TAP THEM SHARPLY (note: I do not use greenlipped mussels as they are tough and chewy the smaller black ones are way better).
  2. Chop onion and garlic.
  3. Sautee onion and garlic until soft but do not let it brown.
  4. Add the mussels to the pan with onion and garlic.
  5. Pour over the wine. COVER and cook the mussels for about ten minutes until they are all open.
  6. Meanwhile, mix the flour and butter to a paste.
  7. Strain the wine into another small pan and boil rapidly then add the butter/flour paste and mix into the liquid. Reduce heat and simmer until the sauce thickens (about 3 or 4 mins).
  8. Optional - sprinkle parsley sprigs onto mussels.
  9. Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve with crusty bread/baguette.

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Moules Marinieres (Sailors Mussels) - These are just some simple dinner recipe ideas for those occasions when you find yourself left questioning what to cook dinner. We do not consider in doing issues the hard way. Our kitchen exemplifies this. We focus on simple recipes for dinner and try to have some enjoyable in the combine. We use all of these cooking concepts infrequently and it really works out nice for us. We hope it does for you, too.