Green Mussels with white wine

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Green Mussels with white wine

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Green Mussels with white wine
Serves 2
Prep time 20 minutes
Cook time 20 minutes
Total time 40 minutes
Meal type Main Dish
Misc Serve Hot

Ingredients

  • 3 large tomatoes
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1,5kg NZ's fresh green mussels
  • 1 large onion
  • some vegetable oil
  • a knob of butter
  • 150ml water
  • a nice local white wine
  • fresh baguette bread

Directions

Step 1 Clean the mussels and make sure you only use completely closed mussels.
Step 2 Chop onion and garlic into fine small pieces. Chop tomatoes into small cubes.
Step 3 Use a big pot that will fit in all mussels later and fry onions and garlic gently with oil and butter. Add chopped tomatoes and salt. Fry gently for another 5 minutes. Then add water. (Water can be replaced with white wine or even beer at any time)
Step 4 Add the mussels and put the lid on the pot. Steam mussels for 10 minutes. Any mussels that did not open up should not be eaten.
Step 5 Serve the mussels hot with fresh baguette to dip into the sauce and a nice white wine to accompany the meal.