When it starts to steam, shake the pan to flip the mussels around inside the pot. Caramelized onions add so much flavor! When the onions and mushrooms are cooked, add wine, spices and mussels and close with a lid. The hardest part is cleaning your mussels, but we already covered that! Fry the onions in a pot all the mussels will fit into. This is such an easy recipe to make, it just sounds a bit fancy. Mussels are often served in skillet type meals, in seafood pasta, or in broths. Some restaurants serve mussels as an Appetizer, but I love eating Mussels in a Creamy White Wine Sauce as a main meal. This allowed me to eat all the mussels at once with the crusty bread pieces. I have at times even removed all the mussels from the shells, leaving the meat in the creamy sauce. Place the empty shell on a separate plate. I always hold the in one hand, open it wide and use a fork to scoop out the mussel. Steamed Mussels are easy to make and very delicious! This isn't the type of meal that you eat with a knife and fork, you're gonna have to use your fingers. Like I said, not nice to eat! You can also use a brush to clean any barnacles from the mussels before cooking. If you don't remove the beards, you will end up chewing them and eventually spitting them out. To remove them, grab them with a paper towel or cloth, grip firmly and yank them out. The beard is pieces of natural mussel threads that the mussel grows to attach themselves to rocks. The most important thing is to clean and pull out the beards from the mussels. You want to rinse the mussels before using to start. They should be clean from barnacles, seaweed and debearded. Most mussels sold in stores are already prepped for cooking, but I find they usually need a bit more. It's really because of the amazing mussel dishes in the restaurants I worked at that got me hooked. It wasn't till I was in my early twenties that I fell in love with mussels. Shrimp, clam chowder, steamed mussels, it made no difference to her! I tried to get her to taste my Salt and Pepper Shrimp, and the faces she made, it was quite funny. Mum seemed to view all sea creatures as worms. I never grew up eating mussels, it wasn't part of our diet. There is some debate as to whether or not they are dangerous to eat if unopened, better safe than sorry I say! We only eat mussels that open up after cooking. They can be steamed, boiled, bbq'd, roasted or fried. I first learnt how to make this Steamed Mussels in white wine with a creamy sauce when I worked in restaurants in my early twenties. Mussels are part of the clam family and are found in fresh or salt water. White, butter, cream, baguette, what's not to love? This is a large mussels recipe that feeds 4 for dinner comfortably, or enjoy it as an appetizer. I love this version of French Mussel steamed in white wine.
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